Solsiree Del Moral
Biographic Data
| ID | 774135 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Solsiree Del Moral |
| GIVEN NAMES | Solsiree |
| FAMILY NAME | Del Moral |
| SIGNATURE | DEL MORAL S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Amherst College |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9303-8619 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Puerto Rico in the News
This essay reviews the following works:The Politics of Language in Puerto Rico Revisited. By Amílcar Antonio Barreto. Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 2020, Pp. xii + 248. $80.00 hardcover. ISBN: 9781683401131.Almost Citizens: Puerto Rico, the US Constitution, and Empire. By Sam Erman. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2019, Pp. xv + 275. $30.99 paperback. ISBN: 9781108233866.Colonial Migrants at the Heart of Empire: Puerto Rican Wor…
Children and Institutions
The authors examine the 1910, 1920, 1930, and 1940 US censuses to identify demographic characteristics of children who resided in public and private institutions for minors, with special attention to patterns of racial segregation and exclusion. The article focuses on public and private institutions founded exclusively to serve children and youth and also on correctional institutions for children and adults. The authors found racial segregation i…
Mahshid Mayar. Citizens and Rulers of the World
"Una niña humilde y de color"
This essay explores some of the historical sources available in the case of one young, rural, black girl in mid-century Puerto Rico. When Herminia (pseudonym) was eleven years old, the colonial state–in the form of social workers–invaded her life. That intrusion into the young girl's home and community generated paperwork, such as correspondence and social work case studies. The first part of this essay explores these social welfare documents (as…
Pushing in Silence
Modern Puerto Rico
In "Modern Puerto Rico," historian Solsiree del Moral recommends five foundational readings on the nineteenth- and twentieth-century history of Puerto Rico. The selected readings introduce nonspecialists to the history of class, race, and gender relations on the island, with a special focus on colonialism and workers. In addition, the readings explore the twentieth-century history of migration, diaspora, and national identities. Del Moral also re…
Rescuing the Jíbaro
U.S. sugar corporations transformed the early-twentieth-century Puerto Rican economy. None of the changes favored small farmers and laborers. By the 1920s, the effects of U.S. colonial practices included land consolidation, the transformation of small farmers into wage workers, and increases in levels of rural poverty and standards of living. However, educators emerged with a solution to the "rural problem." They proposed the rural school was the…
Colonial Citizens of a Modern Empire
The year 1917 marked a critical moment in the relationship between the United States and its Puerto Rican colony. It was the year the U.S. Congress approved the Jones Act, which further consolidated the island's colonial relationship to the empire. Through the Jones Act, U.S. Congressmen granted Puerto Ricans U.S. citizenship. In turn, Puerto Rican men were asked to fulfill the obligations of their new colonial citizenship and join the U.S. milit…
From Colony to Nation
Children and Institutions
The authors examine the 1910, 1920, 1930, and 1940 US censuses to identify demographic characteristics of children who resided in public and private institutions for minors, with special attention to patterns of racial segregation and exclusion. The article focuses on public and private institutions founded exclusively to serve children and youth and also on correctional institutions for children and adults. The authors found racial segregation i…
Rescuing the Jíbaro
U.S. sugar corporations transformed the early-twentieth-century Puerto Rican economy. None of the changes favored small farmers and laborers. By the 1920s, the effects of U.S. colonial practices included land consolidation, the transformation of small farmers into wage workers, and increases in levels of rural poverty and standards of living. However, educators emerged with a solution to the "rural problem." They proposed the rural school was the…
From Colony to Nation
Rescuing the Jíbaro
U.S. sugar corporations transformed the early-twentieth-century Puerto Rican economy. None of the changes favored small farmers and laborers. By the 1920s, the effects of U.S. colonial practices included land consolidation, the transformation of small farmers into wage workers, and increases in levels of rural poverty and standards of living. However, educators emerged with a solution to the "rural problem." They proposed the rural school was the…
Colonial Citizens of a Modern Empire
The year 1917 marked a critical moment in the relationship between the United States and its Puerto Rican colony. It was the year the U.S. Congress approved the Jones Act, which further consolidated the island's colonial relationship to the empire. Through the Jones Act, U.S. Congressmen granted Puerto Ricans U.S. citizenship. In turn, Puerto Rican men were asked to fulfill the obligations of their new colonial citizenship and join the U.S. milit…
Modern Puerto Rico
In "Modern Puerto Rico," historian Solsiree del Moral recommends five foundational readings on the nineteenth- and twentieth-century history of Puerto Rico. The selected readings introduce nonspecialists to the history of class, race, and gender relations on the island, with a special focus on colonialism and workers. In addition, the readings explore the twentieth-century history of migration, diaspora, and national identities. Del Moral also re…
"Una niña humilde y de color"
This essay explores some of the historical sources available in the case of one young, rural, black girl in mid-century Puerto Rico. When Herminia (pseudonym) was eleven years old, the colonial state–in the form of social workers–invaded her life. That intrusion into the young girl's home and community generated paperwork, such as correspondence and social work case studies. The first part of this essay explores these social welfare documents (as…
Pushing in Silence
Mahshid Mayar. Citizens and Rulers of the World
Puerto Rico in the News
This essay reviews the following works:The Politics of Language in Puerto Rico Revisited. By Amílcar Antonio Barreto. Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 2020, Pp. xii + 248. $80.00 hardcover. ISBN: 9781683401131.Almost Citizens: Puerto Rico, the US Constitution, and Empire. By Sam Erman. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2019, Pp. xv + 275. $30.99 paperback. ISBN: 9781108233866.Colonial Migrants at the Heart of Empire: Puerto Rican Wor…
Children and Institutions
The authors examine the 1910, 1920, 1930, and 1940 US censuses to identify demographic characteristics of children who resided in public and private institutions for minors, with special attention to patterns of racial segregation and exclusion. The article focuses on public and private institutions founded exclusively to serve children and youth and also on correctional institutions for children and adults. The authors found racial segregation i…
Political science (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Cuban History and Society (5 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Latin American and Latino Studies (5 works) · Caribbean history, culture, and politics (3 works) · Colonialism (3 works) · Puerto rican (3 works) · Race, History, and American Society (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works)