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'Puerto Rican Problem' in Postwar New York City - Migrant Incorporation From the U.s. Colonial Periphery

English · Hardback

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This book presents the first comprehensive examination of the campaign and narrative of the "Puerto Rican problem" in New York City from 1945 to 1960. It looks at how this campaign influenced the incorporation of Puerto Ricans to the US, the policies of the governments of Puerto Rico and New York, and the ways Puerto Ricans were perceived by Americans for decades.
 


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Introduction

1 The Study of Puerto Rican Migration and Incorporation in the United States

2 The "Puerto Rican Problem" Campaign in New York City

3 Dealing with the "Puerto Rican Problem" in New York City

4 The "Puerto Rican Problem" in New York City and Puerto Rico's Migration Policy

5 Marcantonio, the "Puerto Rican Problem," and the 1949 Mayoral Election in New York City

6 The Mayor's Committee on Puerto Rican Affairs

7 The Demise of MCPRA and the Redefinition of the "Puerto Rican Problem"

8 In the Aftermath of the "Puerto Rican Problem" in New York City

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index

 


About the author










EDGARDO MELÉNDEZ is a retired professor from the department of political science at the University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras and the department of Africana and Puerto Rican/Latino studies at Hunter College. His latest books are Patria: Puerto Rican Exiles in Late Nineteenth Century New York City, and Sponsored Migration: The State and Postwar Puerto Rican Migration to the United States.


Product details

Authors Edgardo Melendez, Edgardo Meléndez
Publisher Rutgers University Press
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 30.11.2022
 
EAN 9781978831476
ISBN 978-1-978831-47-6
No. of pages 240
Series Latinidad: Transnational Cultu
Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the United States
Subject Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous

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