Bulletin No. VII - Association of Caribbean Historians

Association of Caribbean Historians (ACH), ACH Bulletin No. VII, June 1977. [Annexed: “Historical Notes on the Formation of the Association of Caribbean Historians”, by W.K. Marshall, & Seventh Annual Conference of Caribbean Historians’ Theme Program entitled “Social, Political and Economic Adjustments to the Ending of Slavery in the Caribbean”]

The Bulletin is the semi-annual newsletter of the Association of Caribbean Historians. June issues include information about the following year’s conference venue, calls for papers, and annual and semi-annual prize competitions.

Papers from the VIII Congress of the Association of Caribbean Historians, Martinique (D.O.M.), 1976

Papers from the VIII Congress of the Association of Caribbean Historians, Martinique (D.O.M.), 1976.

The Association of Caribbean Historians (ACH) is an independent, non-profit, professional organization devoted to the promotion of Caribbean history from a multidisciplinary, pan-Caribbean perspective, and is the primary association for scholarly and public historians working in the field. Initially formed from a 1969 colloquium under the leadership of Francophone scholar Jacques Adélaïde-Merlande. In 1973, the ACH was formed. Since then, the organization has grown to several hundred members around the globe.

Goslinga, Cornelis Ch., “Willemstad, Dutch Town in the Caribbean”

De Groot, Silvia W., “Politics of Maroons versus Politics of the Government in Surinam”

Mathews, Thomas G., “The Political Background to Industrialization”

Devèze, “La Ville de Cayenne”

Yacou, Alain, “La Administración Colonial Española en la Isla de Cuba y los comienzos de las Revoluciones Francesa y Haitiana (1789 – 1795)”

Adélaïde-Merlande, Jacques, “The Introduction of Socialism in the French Antilles in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries

Joseph-Henri, G., “Les Marxistes Jamaiquains au sein du Parti National Populaire (1938 – 1952)”

Celma, Cécile, “La vie politique a la Martinique pendant l’entre deux guerres (1919 – 1939)”

Baptiste, F.A., “The Vichy Regime in Martinique, June 1940 to June 1943: The Application of Police State Measures”

See also VIIIe Congres de l’Association des Historiens de la Caraïbe, 1976.

VIIIe Congres de l’Association des Historiens de la Caraïbe, 1976

l’Association des Historiens de la Caraïbe, VIIIe Congres de l’Association des Historiens de la Caraïbe, Martinique, 1976.

Jacques Adélaïde-Merlande – A propos de débuts du socialisme aux Antilles françaises, fin de siècle.

F.A. Baptiste – The Vichy regime in Martinique, June 1940 to June 1943: the application of police state measures.

Brinsley Samaroo – The Politics of disharmony: debate relating to political union between the British West Indies and Canada, 1884 – 1921.

C. Celma – La vie politique à la Martinique pendant l’entre-deux guerres (1919 – 1939)

Sylvia de Grout – The Politics of the Maroons versus the politics of the Government in Surinam.

G. Joseph-Henri – Les Marxistes Jamaiquains au sein du P.N.P. (1938 – 1952)

Thomas Mathews – El trasfondo político de la industrializacion.

J. Van Soest – The Dutch in the Netherlands Antilles 1900 – 1950, political retreat and economic expansion.

Alain Yacou – La Politique coloniale espagnole à Cuba et les débuts de la Révolution française et haïtienne (1789 – 1795)

William Bailey – Power relations in pre-emancipation Kingston.

Beryl Brown – The Development of Port Antonio.

Prof. Deveze – La ville de Cayenne, son histoire et son rôle en Guyane.

Cornelis Ch. Goslinga – Willemstad, Dutch town in the Caribbean.

Cartografía sobre Puerto Rico en París, Londres y Madrid

Morales Padrón, F.; Gil-Bermejo García, Juana; Garrido Conde, Mª Teresa, Cartografía sobre Puerto Rico en París, Londres y Madrid, Sevilla: Anuario de Estudios Americanos, 1961. Tomo XVIII – Separata de la página 615 a 649. (firmado para el Dr. Thomas Mathews)

De la introducción:

La riqueza en mapas y planos de los archivos españoles es inmensa. Corre pareja esta riqueza con la abundancia de papeles que tanto nos agobia a veces. Sin embargo, más de una vez, hemos de agradecer a nuestros antepasados esa manía papelera que tuvieron. Manía que aún perdura. Leer más

The Puerto Rican Businessman: A Study in Cultural Change

Cochran, Thomas C., The Puerto Rican Businessman: A Study in Cultural Change, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1959.

Available at JSTOR.

Reviewed in Business History Review, Volume 33, Issue 3.

Reviewed in Administrative Science Quarterly 5, no. 1.

Reviewed in The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 326.

Reviewed in Journal of Political Economy 68, no. 1.

Reviewed in The Journal of Economic History, Vol. 19, No. 4.

Reviewed in The Economic History Review 12, no. 3.

Also available in Spanish.

From the Acknowledgments:

Professor Thomas G. Mathews of the University of Puerto Rico allowed us to examine his valuable notes on political correspondence in the nineteen-thirties, and generally facilitated our research in Mayaguez.

The Southern Historical Association's 38th Annual Meeting (Program)

The Southern Historical Association, Program: 38th Annual Meeting, Hollywood-by-the-Sea, Florida, 15 – 18 November, 1972.

On page 57:

”Political Polarization in the Caribbean Communities” by Thomas Mathews, University of Puerto Rico.
Political Development and Constitutional Change: The Case of Trinidad” by Anthony Maingot, Yale University.

University Centers of Foreign Affairs Research, [U.S.] Dept. of State Publication 8378

Office of External Research, U.S. Dept. of State, University Centers of Foreign Affairs Research, [U.S.] Dept. of State Publication 8378, Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, April, 1968.

From the Foreword (Scope of this Directory):

As a service to the academic community and to Government agencies sponsoring research, the Office of External Research of the Department of State has published several directories of centers engaged in international studies. (…) The focus of this volume is on U.S. university affiliated centers which have as their main purpose social science research in foreign affairs. It includes only those university research programs and projects which are organized into easily identified centers or institutes. It includes both area-oriented research centers and those specializing in a functional field. It does not, however, include centers at which a principal emphasis is on teaching at the undergraduate level.

Institute of Caribbean Studies (Entry # 145, p. 97)

Description: The purposes of the Institute are to encourage, support and serve as a center for scholarly research and exchange in the Caribbean, to give disciplinary training to Caribbean specialists, and to stimulate interest in the Caribbean among the University community.

National Directory of Latin Americanists - 1965

Hispanic Foundation, Library of Congress, National Directory of Latin Americanists - 1965, Washington: Library of Congress 1966.

Revised and expanded version of the 1966 first edition available at: Hispanic American Historical Review.

Note:

Page 202: Mathews, Thomas George, b. Bloomington, Ind., Oct. 31, 1925. HISTORY. B.A. Oberlin Coll., 1949; M.A., Columbia U., 1953; Ph. D., 1957. vis. lectr., U. of P.R., Mayagüez, 1950 – 53; asst. prof., 1953 – 57; vis. lectr., Mexico City Coll., 1954; consultant, Hispanic Foundation, Library of Congress, 1956; assoc. prof., chmn., U. of P.R., Mayagüez, 1957 – 61; Latin American specialist, Embassy (Cuba), U.S. Dept. of State, 1960; DIR., INSTITUTE OF CARIBBEAN STUDIES, U. OF P.R., 1961 - …

Hispanic American Historical Review Vol. 33, No, 4 & Vol. 58, No. 1

Hispanic American Historical Review, Vol. XXXIII, No. 4, Nov., 1953.

Hispanic American Historical Review, Vol. 58, No. 1, Feb., 1978.

Available at JSTOR:

Vol. XXXIII, No. 4, Nov., 1953.
Vol. 58, No. 1, Feb., 1978.

Note:

Vol. 58, No. 1, Feb., 1978, was included in my father’s collection because it contains his review of ‘Breve historia de Puerto Rico: Desde el crepúsculo del dominio español hasta la antesala de la ley Foraker, c. 1892-1900’ by Loida Figueroa.

The Journal of Developing Areas, Vol. 14, No. 2

The Journal of Developing Areas, Vol. 14, No. 2, January 1980.

Available online.

Note:

This issue of the journal was included in my father’s collection because it contains his review of ‘Peasants and Poverty: A Study of Haiti’ by Mats Lundahl.

Historians of Latin America in the United States, 1965; Biobibliographies of 680 specialists

Cline, Howard F., (compiler), Historians of Latin America in the United States, 1965; Biobibliographies of 680 specialists, Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press, 1966.

Conference on Latin American History, (CLAH), founded in 1926, is the professional organization of Latin American historians affiliated with the American Historical Association. It publishes the journal The Hispanic American Historical Review.[1][2].

Dr. Thomas Mathews is listed on page 61.

XXXIX Congreso Internacional de Americanistas – Programa y Relación de Participantes

Sociedad de Americanistas, XXXIX Congreso Internacional de Americanistas – Programa y Relación de Participantes, Lima, Perú, 2 – 9 de agosto, 1970.

Fundada en 1895, la Sociedad de Americanistas tiene por vocación difundir estudios sobre las sociedades y culturas amerindias. Es una sociedad erudita sin fines de lucro, regida por la ley francesa de Asociaciones de 1901 y declarada de utilidad pública.

Ver Actas y memorias del XXXIX Congreso Internacional de Americanistas en el B.B.A.A. Boletín Bibliográfico de Antropología Americana, Vol. 33/34 (1970-1971).

Dr. Thomas Mathews está listado en la página 220.

Land Tenure and Land Reform in Latin America: A Selective Annotated Bibliography

Carroll, Thomas F., Land tenure and land reform in Latin America: a selective annotated bibliography, Washington D.C.: Inter-American Development Bank, December, 1965. (Provisional edition)

Contents:

Introduction.

Latin America - Regional.
Historical Accounts of Land Tenure.
Theoretical and Conceptual Papers.
Agrarian Structure: Description and Analysis.
Land Reform: Policy and Analysis.
General.

Argentina.

Bolivia.

Brazil.

Colombia.

Costa Rica

Cuba.

Chile.

Dominican Republic.

Ecuador.

El Salvador.

Guatemala.

Haiti.

Honduras.

Mexico.

Nicaragua.

Panama.

Paraguay.

Peru.

Puerto Rico.

Uruguay.

Venezuela.

Appendices.

Index of Authors.

Excerpt from the Introduction (Scope of the Bibliography):

The main characteristic of (the) listing which follows is its selectivity, both in the sense of relevance and quality. Rather than aim at completeness, I have endeavored to select those ítems from the multitude of publications which are more directly related to land tenure and reform issues and those that somehow represent significant, original, or important contributions to the literature.

Directory of American Scholars: a biographical directory, Vol. I History (Fifth Edition)

Jaques Cattell Press, Ed., Directory of American scholars: a biographical directory, Vol. I History, Fifth Edition, New York, N.Y.: R. R. Bowker, 1969.

Dr. Thomas George Mathews’ entry appears on page 342.

Directory of American Scholars: a biographical directory, Vol. I History (Fourth Edition)

Jaques Cattell Press, Ed., Directory of American scholars: a biographical directory, Vol. I History, Fourth Edition, New York, N.Y.: R. R. Bowker, 1963.

Dr. Thomas George Mathews’ entry appears on page 202.

Dictionary of Caribbean Biography, 1969-1970

Kay, Ernest, Dictionary of Caribbean Biography, 1969-1970, London: Melrose Press, Ltd., 1969.

From the Foreword:

The ‘Dictionary of Caribbean Biography’ is, we believe, the first completely comprehensive biographical reference work to cover every country and territory in and adjacent to the Caribbean, including those with a coastline on the Caribbean. Thus, men and women of achievement from all the following territories are included in this First Edition: Bahama Islands, Barbados, Bermuda, British Honduras, Canal Zone, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, French Guiana, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Surinam, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos Islands, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, Windward Islands.

The Puerto Ricans: Their History, Culture and Society

Lopez, Adalberto, Ed., The Puerto Ricans: Their History, Culture and Society, Cambridge, Mass.: Schenkman Pub. Co., 1980.

General Contents Headings:

Part I: Puerto Rico to 1898.

Part II: Puerto Rico since 1898.

Part III: Puerto Ricans in the United States.

The Contributors:

Edna Acosta-Belen.

Frank Bonilla.

Juan Manuel Carrion.

Diana Christopulos.

Sandra Messinger Cypress.

Adalberto Lopez.

Morris Morley.

Francisco Moscoso.

Pedro Pietri, Iris Morales & Felipe Luciano.

Angel Quintero Rivera.

Aaron Gamaliel Ramos.

Tom Seidl, Janet Shenk & Adrian DeWind.

Reviewed by Thomas G. Mathews in Hispanic American Historical Review (1982) 62 (3).

Reviewed in The Journal of Ethnic Studies, Vol. 9, Iss. 3, Fall 1981.

Reviewed in American Studies Vol. 16, No. 2.

La Real Hacienda en Puerto Rico: Administración, Política y Grupos de Presión, 1815-1868

Sonesson, Birgit, La Real Hacienda en Puerto Rico: administración, política y grupos de presión, 1815-1868, Madrid: Instituto de Cooperación Iberoamericana, Sociedad Estatal Quinto Centenario, and Instituto de Estudios Fiscales, 1990.

Reseñado por el Dr. Thomas Mathews en The American Historical Review, Volume 97, Issue 2, April 1992.

Del Prefacio:

El libro se divide en dos partes: Primero figura un studio histórico de la creación y funcionamiento de la Administración y Hacienda en Puerto Rico, y, segundo, una amplia sección documental. En el studio histórico, el capítulo introductorio examina las condiciones que impidieron que la Corona tuviera ingresos suficientes para sostener la administración y defensa de la isla hasta 1810. El auge y decadencia de la nueva élite commercial que, a calor de las guerras, creció formando un grupo de interés que apoyó al gobierno colonial, es analizado en el capítulo siguiente. El papel de los funcionarios, la influencia de sus vínculos políticos y de familia, en la nueva Administración que los liberales desarrollaron en la isla y en Madrid, es el tema del tercer capítulo. Los siguientes, cuatro y cinco, destacan los planes con respecto a la Hacienda de Puerto Rico, primero de los progresistas y luego de los moderados, así como la intervención que tuvieron varios grupos de presión en el diseño de estos planes. El último capítulo recoge las modifiaciones que la realidad social y económica impuso al modelo moderado al punto que la centralización llevó a una subordinación neocolonial de los intereses de la isla.

La sección documental comprende en primer lugar una serie de memorias preparadas por los Intendentes en ejercicio desde 1834 a 1852, es decir, desde fin del Antiguo Régimen hasta la subordinación de su función al gobierno político de la isla. Estas memorias fueron en general dirigidas al sucesor, destacando los problemas que el Intendente saliente encontró, las acciones que tomó durante su mandato y el estado en que dejo la Hacienda. A lo largo de la serie se percibe la creciente complejidad de la economía y de la Hacienda de la isla, así como la persistencia y hasta incremento de las dificultades prácticas con que tropezaron los Intendentes en el desempeño de sus funciones.

The Puerto Rican Dilemma

Sariola, Sakari The Puerto Rican Dilemma, Port Washington, New York & London: Kennikat Press, 1979.

Reviewed by H. Safa in Hispanic American Historical Review (1980) 60 (2).

Reviewed by Dr. Thomas Mathews in The American Historical Review, Volume 85, Issue 1, February 1980.

From the Preface:

This book aims at an appraisal of the bearing of Puerto Rico’s economic development upon the future of the commonwealth status which presently links it to the United States. I have pursued an unorthodox view in this book, challenging the customary role given in social science to such standard entities as “culture,” or “social structure.” Instead, I have stressed reactive, willful, and ideology-bound elements.

About the author:

Dr. Sakari Sariola is Professor of Sociology at the University of Kansas. Born in Finland, he holds M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Helsinki and formerly taught at the University of Puerto Rico and Louisiana State University. He is author of “Power and Resistance: The Colonial Heritage in Latin America” (1972).

Breve Historia de Puerto Rico: Desde el Crepúsculo del Dominio Español hasta la Antesala de la Ley Foraker, c. 1892-1900

Figueroa, Loida, Breve historia de Puerto Rico: Desde el crepúsculo del dominio español hasta la antesala de la ley Foraker, c. 1892-1900, (Segunda Parte), Río Piedras: Editorial Edil, Inc., 1977.

Reseñado por el Dr. Thomas Mathews en Hispanic American Historical Review (1978) 58 (1).

Advertencia al lector:

Este tercer tomo de lo que en un principio llamé “Breve historia de Puerto Rico” discurrirá solamente sobre ochos escasos años de nuestro devenir. La razón tras el desnivel entre la largueza del escrito y la brevedad de los años es el interés de que las generaciones presentes que empiezan a deshojar el último cuarto del siglo veinte tengan una idea clara de nuestro acontecer en el crepúsculo del dominio español y el amanecer del dominio estadounidense. Ha sido de la conveniencia del invasor y de los que han detentado el exiguo y mediatizado poder que es consustancial a la ausencia de soberanía que esos últimos años, o no se conozcan o se conozcan mal. Sobre el 1898 se pasa como por sobre ascuas. Al inconsulto e inicuo relevo de guardia de aquel 12 de agosto se le llama “cambio de soberanía”, como si la soberanía pudiese cambiarse; y la llamada “cesión” se justifica con la voladura del “Maine” y se le hace repetir a las nuevas generaciones que pasamos como botín de guerra de manos de España a manos de Estados Unidos, sin explicárseles lo que tal frase significa. La vergüenza de ese traspaso no se señala, y si se cuestiona se culpa a España. Los Estados Unidos quedan a salvo. Los lideres políticos puertorriqueños electos por el pueblo para gobernarnos autonómicamente quedan también a salvo. Los psicólogos llaman a ese proceder “mecanismo de defensa”, que ejercen los pueblos como los individuos cuando están heridos profundamente por no haber cumplido con su deber.

Warning to the reader:

This third volume of what at first I called "A Brief History of Puerto Rico" will only cover eight scarce years of our history. The reason behind the unevenness between the length of the writing and the brevity of the years is in the interest that the present generations that begin to analyze the last quarter of the twentieth century have a clear idea of our events in the twilight of Spanish rule and the dawn of American rule. It has been for the convenience of the invader and of those who have wielded the meager and mediated power that is inherent to the absence of sovereignty that, in recent years, they are either not known or poorly known. As for 1898, it was passed as though on fire. The unconsulted and iniquitous “changing of the guard” on that August 12 is called "change of sovereignty", as if sovereignty could be changed; and the so-called “cession” is justified by the blowing up of the “Maine” and the new generations are made to recite that we passed as war loot from the hands of Spain to the hands of the United States, without an explanation as to what that phrase signifies. The shame of that transfer is not pointed out, and if it is questioned, Spain is blamed. The United States is safe. The Puerto Rican political leaders elected by the people to govern us autonomously are also safe. Psychologists call this procedure a "defense mechanism", exercised by peoples like individuals when they are deeply wounded for not having done their duty.