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Puerto Ricans in the United States : a contemporary portrait / Edna Acosta-Belén, Carlos E. Santiago.
LIBRA E184.P85 A23 2018
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Acosta-Belén, Edna, author.
- Santiago, Carlos E., 1952- author.
- Series:
- Latinos/as: exploring diversity and change.
- Latinos/as: exploring diversity and change
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Puerto Ricans.
- Emigration and immigration.
- History.
- Puerto Rico--History.
- Puerto Rico.
- Puerto Rico--Social conditions.
- Social conditions.
- United States.
- Puerto Ricans--United States--History.
- Puerto Ricans--Emigration and immigration--History.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 363 pages ; 23 cm.
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder, Colorado : Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., 2018.
- Contents:
- Puerto Rico: an island at a critical crossroads
- Historical roots of the Puerto Rican people
- Early migrations to the United States
- The Great Migration and other postwar patterns
- Economic collapse, Hurricane Maria, and the new millennium migration
- A demographic and socioeconomic portrait
- Social, civil rights, and empowerment struggles
- Cultural and artistic legacies
- The colonial quandary: what lies ahead
- Brief chronology of Puerto Rican history.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Elizabeth Bowers Peck, 1929 Endowment Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781626376755
- 1626376751
- OCLC:
- 1030447685
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