Boricua power : a political history of Puerto Ricans in the United States / Jose Ramon Sanchez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sánchez, José Ramón.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Puerto Ricans--United States--Politics and government.

Puerto Ricans.

Puerto Ricans--United States--Social conditions.

Power (Social sciences)--United States--History.

Power (Social sciences).

Political participation--United States--History.

Political participation.

Community life--United States--History.

Community life.

United States--Ethnic relations--Political aspects.

United States.

Physical Description:

ix, 278 p. : ill.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, c2007.

Summary:

Where does power come from? Why does it sometimes disappear? How do groups, like the Puerto Rican community, become impoverished, lose social influence, and become marginal to the rest of society? How do they turn things around, increase their wealth, and become better able to successfully influence and defend themselves?Boricua Power explains the creation and loss of power as a product of human efforts to enter, keep or end relationships with others in an attempt to satisfy passions and interests, using a theoretical and historical case study of one community–Puerto Ricans in the United States. Using archival, historical and empirical data, Boricua Power demonstrates that power rose and fell for this community with fluctuations in the passions and interests that defined the relationship between Puerto Ricans and the larger U.S. society.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Dance

The Cigar Makers' Strike

The Rise of Radicalism World War II to

Puerto Rican Marginalization

The Young Lords, the Media, and Cultural Estrangement

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-274) and index.

ISBN:

1-4356-0388-5

0-8147-8853-X

OCLC:

913695226