Worker in the Cane: A Puerto Rican Life History

A great book for all Puerto Ricans or anyone interested in the island. It depicts the culture of the southern parts of the island well. I genuinely enjoyed it and would also recommend people read War Against All Puerto Ricans. It's just really good and does a good job maintaining the readers interest.

Scholarly, yet clear and insightful narrative. First person accounts and interviews from the worker, himself, are pure gold!!

It’s was ok,

Dr. Sidney Mintz is to be commended for his honesty and selflessness in writing his experiences and the persons who worked with him.

Not a bad account of Puerto Rico in the 20-50's. Its one person's life that changes, obviously, through the plantation years of PR to a more industrial way of living. As PR developed, the people started to go outside the box, so to speak. This mentality is still prevelent in a lot of people today. Even with technology, people still live within their island bubble. There were some parts that repeated itself, which made it tough to reread again. Either way, I recommend this book for those who look to uncover the culture anomoly that Puerto Ricans are.

The book was rec'd in the condition as listed, but I'm not crazy about the packaging. It was almost like shrink wrap and the corners of the spine were a little damaged (which is why I didn't give 5 stars). I needed this book for a class this fall, I am happy I rec'd it for the price I paid.

I am very glad I read this book. I learned a LOT. It shipped fast, in great condition. I have no regrets buying it.

My grandfather was a sugar cane cutter/ worker in Puerto Rico at the same time period this book takes place. Although my grandfather lived in a different town in PR, I knew that reading this would give me more insights into his life back then. He died before I was born & so I only know stories. This book about Don Taso was quit an eye opener. Only a small portion (the very end) deals with most of his religious conversion into the Pentecostal religion. The majority of the book deals with stories directly about one lower-class man's life. It describes many of his families hardships. Some are financial, marital, political & the overall stability difficulties he faced. You come to love Don Taso at the end & with him the reader relives what he tells. It's wonderfully written & I would recommend this book to anyone wanting to learn more about life in Puerto Rico in the 1930-40's.