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Puerto Ricans - Born in the U.s.a.

English · Hardback

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This book examines the contexts into which Puerto Rican immigrants to the United States stepped, and the results of their interaction within those contexts. It focuses mainly on New York City, essentially a social history of the post-World War II Puerto Rican community.

List of contents










Preface -- The Colonial Relationship: Migration and History -- Beyond the Census Data: A Portrait of the Community -- The Rainbow People -- The Political-Economic Context -- Housing and the South Bronx -- Educational Dynamics -- The Menudo Phenomenon: An Unwritten History -- Tracking in the School System

About the author










Clara Rodríguez grew up in the South Bronx and earned her Ph.D. in sociology from Washington University, St Louis. Formerly a Dean at Fordham University, she spent 1988 as a visiting scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is present Associate Professor of Sociology at Fordham. Professor Rodríguez is the author of numerous articles on the state of Puerto Ricans in the United States and is currently working on research supported by the Rockefeller Foundation.

Product details

Authors Clara E Rodriguez
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd.
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 30.06.2020
 
EAN 9780367284855
ISBN 978-0-367-28485-5
No. of pages 240
Subjects Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education

POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Politics & government, Politics and government

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