Libros Perdidos/Lost Books
Serie de Libros Perdidos del Rutgers/PRAC
La serie Libros Perdidos representa un esfuerzo por rescatar y visibilizar muchos estudios olvidados sobre la historia de Puerto Rico. La serie de libros existirá exclusivamente en formato digital (PDF) y promoverá el acceso a textos valiosos (incluidos muchos basados en disertaciones y tesis).
Aldo Lauria Santiago es el editor de la serie, y el montaje de texto está a cargo de Sergio García Arroyo. El PRSI de la Universidad de Connecticut dirigido por Charles Venator Santiago colabora con este programa.
Aceptamos sugerencias de tesis olvidadas que deberían incluirse en la serie.
Volumenes en Producccion
- Juan Giusti Cordero
- Antonio Lauria Perricelli
- Brian Ferguson
- Zoraida Santiago
- Luis Aponte Pares
- Paul Jennings
- Manuel Rodriguez
- Charles Venator Santiago
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Estamos interesados en tesis y disertaciones inéditas sobre Puerto Rico y puertorriqueños para la serie Libros Perdidos, la cuál estará exclusivamente en línea.
Términos:
- No hay dinero envuelto de nuestra parte; solo pagamos por el reformatear el texto y el trabajo de PDF.
- No hay revisores del texto, solo se hará una limpieza básica.
- No conlleva ningún prestigio más allá de difundir el trabajo a más personas.
- El autor retiene los derechos de autor, y así lo indicará la página inicial del libro.
- No hay contrato de ningún tipo, solo hace falta un correo electrónico que apruebe la versión final para publicar en la página web.
Requisitos y detalles de formato:
- Necesitamos un manuscrito idealmente en formato word.
- Se pide que se elimine o sustituya la página de dedicatoria, ya que no se trata de una re-publicación de la tesis, si no que se presenta como un texto revisado.
- Se aceptan cambios al título.
- Se puede escribir una introducción breve o prólogo que brinde contexto sobre lo que ha pasado desde entonces, o lo que el autor o autora desee añadir.
- En el escrito, cualquier referencia a “esta tesis” sera sustituida por “este texto”.
- La página principal de la disertación que incluye la información protocolar requerida por la institución académica será eliminada.
- Cualquier otro detalle que el autor o autora quiera añadir, modificar o eliminar se puede considerar.
De estar interesado/a en participar, contáctanos.
We are interested in unpublished theses and dissertations about Puerto Rico and Puerto Ricans for the Libros Perdidos series, which will be exclusively online.
Terms:
- There is no money. involved from our end; we pay for reformatting the text and the PDF work.
- There is no reviewers, except for a basic review.
- There is no prestige beyond spreading the work to a larger audience.
- The author retains copyright, and this will be stated on the book’s title page.
- There is no contract of any kind, only an email approval of the final version to be published on the website.
Requirements and Formatting Details:
- We need the manuscript ideally in Word format.
- The dedication page should be removed or replaced, as this is not a re-publication of the thesis, but rather a revised text.
- Title changes are accepted.
- A brief introduction or foreword can be written to provide context about what has happened since then or anything the author wishes to add.
- In the text, any reference to “this thesis” will be replaced by “this text.”
- The main page of the dissertation, including any protocol information required by the academic institution, will be removed.
- Any other details the author wishes to add, modify, or remove will be considered.
If you are interested in participating, please contact us.
Lost Books Series of the Rutgers/PRAC
The Lost Books series represents an effort to rescue and make visible many forgotten studies on the history of Puerto Rico. The book series will exist exclusively in digital format (PDF) and will promote access to valuable texts (including many based on dissertations and theses).
Aldo Lauria Santiago is the series editor, and the text assembly is handled by Sergio García Arroyo. The Puerto Rican Studies Initiative (PRSI) at the University of Connecticut, directed by Charles Venator Santiago, collaborates with this program.
We accept suggestions for forgotten theses that should be included in the series.
Published Volumes:
Silvia Alvarez Curbelo, La Patria Agricola, 2025
Volumes in Production:
- Juan Giusti Cordero
- Antonio Lauria Perricelli
- Brian Ferguson
- Zoraida Santiago
- Luis Aponte Pares
- Paul Jennings
- Manuel Rodriguez
- Charles Venator Santiago
-
We are interested in unpublished theses and dissertations about Puerto Rico and Puerto Ricans for the Libros Perdidos series, which will be exclusively online.
Terms:
- There is no money. involved from our end; we pay for reformatting the text and the PDF work.
- There is no reviewers, except for a basic review.
- There is no prestige beyond spreading the work to a larger audience.
- The author retains copyright, and this will be stated on the book’s title page.
- There is no contract of any kind, only an email approval of the final version to be published on the website.
Requirements and Formatting Details:
- We need the manuscript ideally in Word format.
- The dedication page should be removed or replaced, as this is not a re-publication of the thesis, but rather a revised text.
- Title changes are accepted.
- A brief introduction or foreword can be written to provide context about what has happened since then or anything the author wishes to add.
- In the text, any reference to “this thesis” will be replaced by “this text.”
- The main page of the dissertation, including any protocol information required by the academic institution, will be removed.
- Any other details the author wishes to add, modify, or remove will be considered.
If you are interested in participating, please contact us.