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Puerto Ricans in the United States : A Contemporary Portrait / Carlos E. Santiago, Edna Acosta-Belén.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Acosta-Belén, Edna, Author.
- Santiago, Carlos E., Author.
- Series:
- Latino/as: Exploring Diversity and Change
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (273 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- A nuanced portrait of the Puerto Rican community in the US today, as well as the trajectory of its development.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Tables, Figures, and Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction: Portrait of a Commuter Nation
- 2 The Colonial Experience
- Introduction
- The Beginnings of Spanish Colonial Rule
- The African Heritage
- The Strategic but Neglected Spanish Colony
- 3 Migrations Before World War II
- The Pilgrims of Freedom
- The “Splendid Little War”
- The Beginnings of Labor Migration
- Migration to Hawaii
- The Growth of the New York Community
- The Poverty-Stricken Island
- Between Reform and Revolution
- From the Steamship Embarcados to the Transnational Guagua Aérea
- 4 Postwar Migration Patterns
- The Growing Geographic Dispersion
- The Urban Character of the Communities
- A Tale of Three Cities: New York City, Hartford, and Orlando
- Other Migration Destinations
- Conceptualizing Puerto Rican Migration
- 5 A Demographic Portrait
- Overcoming Poverty
- Differences Among Communities
- 6 Social and Civil Rights Struggles
- Political and Educational Activism
- Other Community Organizations
- Cultural Citizenship
- 7 Voices and Images of the Diaspora
- The Spanish-Language Press
- A New Cultural Discourse
- Growing-Up Narratives
- The Role of Small Latino Presses
- Performing Culture
- Popular Music
- The Visual Arts
- Cultural Crossovers
- 8 Overcoming the Colonial Experience: Future Challenges
- Brief Chronology of Puerto Rican History
- References
- Index
- About the Book
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022)
- ISBN:
- 1-68585-412-5
- OCLC:
- 1334344388
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