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Year: 2007
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 0299203743
ISBN 13: 978-0299203740
Author: Edgardo Rodríguez Juliá, Peter Grandbois, Antonio Skármeta
San Juan: Memoir of a City conducts readers through Puerto Rico’s capital, guided by one of its most graceful and reflective writers, Edgardo Rodríguez Juliá. No mere sightseeing tour, this is culture through immersion, a circuit of San Juan’s historical and intellectual vistas as well as its architecture.
In the allusive cityscape he recreates, Rodríguez Juliá invokes the ghosts of his childhood, of San Juan’s elder literati, and of characters from his own novels. On the most tangible level, the city is a place of cabarets and cockfighting clubs, flâneurs and beach bums, smoke-filled bars and honking automobiles. Poised between a colonial past and a commercial future, the San Juan he portrays feels at times perilously close to the pitfalls of modernization. Tenement houses and fading mansions yield to strip malls and Tastee Freezes; asphalt hems in jacarandas and palm trees. “In Puerto Rico,” he muses, “life is not simply cruel, it is also busy erasing our tracks.” Through this book—available here in English for the first time—Rodríguez Juliá resists that erasure, thoughtfully etching a palimpsest that preserves images of the city where he grew up and rejoicing in the one where he still lives.
In the allusive cityscape he recreates, Rodríguez Juliá invokes the ghosts of his childhood, of San Juan’s elder literati, and of characters from his own novels. On the most tangible level, the city is a place of cabarets and cockfighting clubs, flâneurs and beach bums, smoke-filled bars and honking automobiles. Poised between a colonial past and a commercial future, the San Juan he portrays feels at times perilously close to the pitfalls of modernization. Tenement houses and fading mansions yield to strip malls and Tastee Freezes; asphalt hems in jacarandas and palm trees. “In Puerto Rico,” he muses, “life is not simply cruel, it is also busy erasing our tracks.” Through this book—available here in English for the first time—Rodríguez Juliá resists that erasure, thoughtfully etching a palimpsest that preserves images of the city where he grew up and rejoicing in the one where he still lives.
San Juan: Memoir of a City 1st Table of contents:
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Chapter 1: Beginnings of San Juan
- Early Settlements and Indigenous Peoples
- The Founding of San Juan
- Colonial Influences and the Spanish Legacy
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Chapter 2: The Evolution of San Juan in the 19th Century
- Political and Social Changes under Spanish Rule
- The Path to Independence and the Rise of Puerto Rican Identity
- San Juan as a Port City and Economic Hub
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Chapter 3: The American Era and Urban Development
- Puerto Rico’s Transition to U.S. Rule
- Changes in San Juan’s Architecture, Economy, and Infrastructure
- The Growth of the City and the Impact of Americanization
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Chapter 4: Cultural and Social Life in San Juan
- Arts, Music, and Festivals in the City
- Education, Religion, and Social Movements
- Key Figures in San Juan’s Cultural History
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Chapter 5: San Juan in the 20th Century
- Industrialization and Urbanization
- The Development of Modern San Juan
- Major Political and Social Events in the City
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Chapter 6: San Juan’s Architecture and Landmarks
- Exploration of Historical Buildings and Monuments
- The Preservation of Colonial and Modern Architecture
- Iconic Sites: Old San Juan, Castillo San Felipe del Morro, and More
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Chapter 7: San Juan Today
- Contemporary Life in San Juan
- Economic and Social Challenges in the Modern City
- The Role of San Juan in Puerto Rican Politics and Culture
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Chapter 8: The Future of San Juan
- Urban Development and Sustainability
- Preservation of Cultural Heritage Amidst Modernization
- Reflections on the City’s Ongoing Transformation
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