University of Massachusetts Amherst ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst Open Access Dissertations 5-2010 Fighting For the Nation: Military Service, Popular Political Mobilization and the Creation of Modern Puerto Rican National Identities: 1868-1952 Harry Franqui University of Massachusetts Amherst Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/open_access_dissertations Part of the History Commons Recommended Citation Franqui, Harry, "Fighting For the Nation: Military Service, Popular Political Mobilization and the Creation of Modern Puerto Rican National Identities: 1868-1952" (2010). Open Access Dissertations. 229. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/open_access_dissertations/229 This Open Access Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. It has been accepted for inclusion in Open Access Dissertations by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. FIGHTING FOR THE NATION: MILITARY SERVICE, POPULAR POLITICAL MOBILIZATION AND THE CREATION OF MODERN PUERTO RICAN NATIONAL IDENTITIES: 1868-1952 A Dissertation Presented by HARRY FRANQUI Submitted to the Graduate School of the University of Massachusetts Amherst in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY May 2010 University of Massachusetts/Five College Graduate Program in History © Copyright by Harry Franqui 2010 All Rights Reserved FIGHTING FOR THE NATION: MILITARY SERVICE, POPULAR POLITICAL MOBILIZATION AND THE CREATION