Guillermo A. Baralt is a Puerto Rican

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the st ...

. He obtained his bachelor's degree from

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in 1970. Later he continued his studies in the

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where he earned his Master's and Doctor's degrees. He is currently professor of History at the

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. He is a member of Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity.

Selected works authored

* ''Azúcar y esclavitud en Toa Baja : la conspiración de esclavos 26 de Marzo de 1843.'' Toa Baja, P.R.: Municipio de Toa Baja. (1983) * ''Yauco, o, Las minas de oro cafetaleras (1756-1898).'' San Juan, Puerto Rico: n.i. (1984) * ''Buena Vista: estancia de frutos menores, fábrica de harinas y hacienda cafetalera.'' San Juan, PR: Fideicomisio de Conservacion de Puerto Rico. (1988) * ''Tradición de Futuro: un siglo de historia del Banco Popular de Puerto Rico.'' Hato Rey, P.R.: Banco Popular de Puerto Rico. (1993) * ''La razón del equilibrio: La vida de Luis A. Ferré, 1968-1998, Vol. II.'' (1996) * ''Desde el mirador de Prospero: La vida de Luis A. Ferré, 1904-1968, Vol. I.'' San Juan: Fundación el Nuevo Día. (1997) * ''La vida de Luis A. Ferré : la razón del equilibrio.'' San Juan, P.R.: Fundación El Nuevo Día. (1998) * ''La Historia de El Nuevo Dia (1909-2000): "Al servicio de mi tierra".'' Hato Rey, P.R.: Publicaciones Puertorriqueñas. (2002) * ''Historia del Tribunal Federal en Puerto Rico, 1899-1999.'' Hato Rey, P.R.: Publicaciones Puertorriqueñas. (2004) * ''Esclavos rebeldes : conspiraciones y sublevaciones de esclavos en Puerto Rico (1795-1873).'' Río Piedras, P.R.: Ediciones Huracán. (2006) * ''Si es Goya tiene que ser bueno: 75 años de historia.'' San Juan, P.R.: Editorial Revés. (2011) * ''La Gran Tarea la Obra de Gobierno de Luis A. Ferré, 1969-1972.'' San Juan, P.R.: n.i. (2011) A significant number of his works have been translated into English.

References

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