Service per year
Personal profile
Research interests
Caribbean, sugar industry, politics, landowners, tropical medicine, plantation systems, colonialism
Teaching interests
Latin America, Caribbean, Atlantic History
Education/Academic qualification
History, Ph.D., "The funnel system in which his is the little end.” The Technological Transformation of the Sugar Industry and American Protectionism in the Emergence of the Colonos in Caguas, Puerto Rico, 1898-1928.”, University of Connecticut
… → 2004
History, M.A., University of South Carolina
… → 1995
Political Science, B.A., Ohio State University
… → 1991
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Teaching
Service
- 2 Professional Service
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Caguas: historia y cultura
Sola, J. O., Carrasquillo, R. E. & González-Espada, W., 2026Research output: Other contribution
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“Capitalismo agrario y lucha antimalárica en los campos de azúcar en Puerto Rico, 1920s”
Sola, J. O., 2026, (Accepted/In press) El largo siglo de las modernizaciones agrícolas en América Latina: cultivos, ciencia y agroindustria, 1870-1980,. Colegio Mexiquense PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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“Capitalismo agrario y lucha antimalárica en los campos de azúcar en Puerto Rico, 1920s” Simposio, titulado "El largo siglo de las modernizaciones agrícolas en América Latina: cultivos, ciencia y agroindustria, 1870-1980",
Sola, J. O., 2024, (Accepted/In press).Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Presentation of Smoker Beyond the Sea. The Story of Puerto Rican Tobacco, Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2022 by Juan José Baldrich
Sola, J. O., 2023.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Colonos y Centralistas en la creación de la industria azucarera de Puerto Rico, 1900-1930”
Sola, J. O., 2022.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
Projects
- 4 Finished
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Bitter End: The Closing of the Sugar Mills and the Transformation of the Puerto Rican Landscape, 1950 to 1980.
Sola, J. O. (PI)
05/15/25 → 05/31/26
Project: Research
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"Killing the Perfect Beast: The Eradication of Malaria in Puerto Rico's Sugar Fields, 1900 to 1940's,
Sola, J. O. (PI)
06/1/15 → 05/31/16
Project: Research