Salvador Brau Libros

This is the first important critical analysis of Puerto Rican historiography by a leading historian of Puerto Rico. Brau noted the limitations of earlier historical works on Puerto Rico and sought to correct the factual errors he found in them. In writing the work, Brau relied primarily on historical documents available at the Archivo General

Salvador Brau was a historian, novelist, journalist, and essayist born in the western Puerto Rican town of Cabo Rojo in 1842. This book is a compilation of journalism articles written between 1880 and 1894. The last two decades of the nineteenth century were a time of intense political ferment in Puerto Rico. The book reveals