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

Zusammenfassung By the end of the 1920s! more than 45!000 native Puerto Ricans had left their homes and entered the United States! citizenship papers in hand! forming one of New York City's most complex and unique migrant communities. This work unravels the many tensions that defined the experience of this group of American citizens before and after World War II.

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• Authors: Lorrin Thomas, Thomas Lorrin
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.06.2010
• EAN: 9780226796086
• ISBN: 978-0-226-79608-6
• No. of pages: 352
• 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; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; 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