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Puerto Ricans in the United States : A Contemporary Portrait / Carlos E. Santiago, Edna Acosta-Belén.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Latino/as: Exploring Diversity and ChangePublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]Copyright date: ©2006Description: 1 online resource (273 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781685854126
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  • online - DeGruyter
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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 -- Introduction -- 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 -- Introduction -- 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 -- Introduction -- Overcoming Poverty -- Differences Among Communities -- 6 Social and Civil Rights Struggles -- Introduction -- Political and Educational Activism -- Other Community Organizations -- Cultural Citizenship -- 7 Voices and Images of the Diaspora -- Introduction -- 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
Summary: A nuanced portrait of the Puerto Rican community in the US today, as well as the trajectory of its development.
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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 -- Introduction -- 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 -- Introduction -- 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 -- Introduction -- Overcoming Poverty -- Differences Among Communities -- 6 Social and Civil Rights Struggles -- Introduction -- Political and Educational Activism -- Other Community Organizations -- Cultural Citizenship -- 7 Voices and Images of the Diaspora -- Introduction -- 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

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A nuanced portrait of the Puerto Rican community in the US today, as well as the trajectory of its development.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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