Puerto Rican Citizen - History and Political Identity in Twentieth-Century New York City

Building its incisive narrative from a wide range of archival sources, interviews, and accounts of Puerto Rican life in New York, this book illuminates the history of a group that is still invisible to many scholars and transforms the way we understand this community's integral role in shaping our sense of citizenship in 20th-century America.

About the author

Lorrin Thomas is associate professor of history at Rutgers University, Camden.

Summary

Building its incisive narrative from a wide range of archival sources, interviews, and accounts of Puerto Rican life in New York, this book illuminates the history of a group that is still invisible to many scholars and transforms the way we understand this community's integral role in shaping our sense of citizenship in 20th-century America.

Product details

• Authors: Lorrin Thomas, Thomas Lorrin
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.03.2014
• EAN: 9780226151762
• ISBN: 978-0-226-15176-2
• No. of pages: 368
• Series: Historical Studies of Urban America; Historical Studies of Urban Am; Historical Studies of Urban America; Historical Studies of Urban America (CHUP)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; New York, Ethnic Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, History of the Americas, Civil rights & citizenship, Relating to Latin / Hispanic American people, Hispanic & Latino Studies, Civics and citizenship, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, New York (state), Relating to Latin / Hispanic US American people