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Silvia Álvarez Curbelo (born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, in 1940) is a Puerto Rican historian, and writer. She is best known for her book ''Un país del porvenir: el afán de modernidad en Puerto Rico (Siglo XIX)''.


Early years

Álvarez Curbelo was born in
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. She was a
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at the
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in 2004/2005.


Career

Álvarez Curbelo is a professor of Communications at the
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, Río Piedras campus. She is a historian and is a founding member of the Asociación Puertorriqueña de Historiadores (Puerto Rican Association of Historians). She is curator of the ''Entresiglos, Puerto Rico 1890–1910'' exhibition, and the permanent exhibition of the history of
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, at the Museo de San Juan. She is currently director of the Centro de Investigaciones en Comunicación (Center for Communications Research) at the University of Puerto Rico.


Works

Among her better known works are: * ''Un país del porvenir: el afán de modernidad en Puerto Rico (Siglo XIX)'' (Ediciones Callejón; San Juan, Puerto Rico) (2001) * ''Del nacionalismo al populismo: Cultura y Politica en Puerto Rico.'' (Ediciones Huraca; Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico) (1993) * ''Historias vivas: Historiografía puertorriqueña contemporánea.'' (1996) * ''Ilusión de Francia: Arquitectura y afrancesamiento en Puerto Rico.'' (1997) * ''Hispanofilia: Arquitectura y vida en Puerto Rico 1900–1950.'' (1998) * ''Los arcos de la memoria: el '98 de los pueblos puertorriqueños.'' (1999)


Recognitions

She is honored at Ponce's Park of Illustrious Ponce Citizens.


See also

* List of Puerto Ricans * List of Puerto Rican writers


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Alvarez Curbelo, Silvia Living people 1940 births Writers from Ponce 20th-century Puerto Rican historians University of Puerto Rico faculty Puerto Rican women writers American women historians Historians of Puerto Rico 21st-century Puerto Rican historians