Description
Book SynopsisCountering the popular misconception that racial discrimination has largely not existed in Puerto Rico, this book shows that racial prejudice has long had an insidious effect on Puerto Rican society. It is of interest to specialists in Caribbean studies, Puerto Rican history, and Latin America studies, and also to scholars in a variety of fields.
Trade Review“
Not of Pure Blood is an ambitiously extended study of the free people of color in the slave society of Puerto Rico. Adding much to the emerging body of illuminating literature about life and culture both during the slave period and after, it makes possible many useful comparisons between the free people of color on that island and their counterparts in other corners of the Caribbean.”—David Barry Gaspar, Duke University
“Kinsbruner’s work is important on two counts. First, it takes up the challenge of defining racial prejudice in a Spanish Caribbean context—a daunting exercise. Second, it applies sophisticated statistical instruments to measure the extent of that prejudice.”—Teresita Martínez Vergne, Macalester College
