Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 794
Book Description
Puerto Rico, 2000
Author: From Bomba to Hip-hop
Author: Juan FloresPublisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231110778
Category : Arts, Puerto Rican
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Flores investigates the historical experience of Puerto Ricans in New York, reflecting their varied areas of cultural expression in the diaspora against the background of contemporary debates in Puerto Rico and recent developments in cultural theory. Close studies of urban space and performance, popular musical styles, and Nuyorican literature highlight the complexities and contradictions of Latino identity.
Census of population and housing (2000): Puerto Rico Summary Social, Economic, and Housing Characteristics
Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 142898612X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 783
Book Description
PUERTO RICO: 2000, POPULATION AND HOUSING UNIT COUNTS, PHC-3-53, 2000 CENSUS OF POPULATION AND HOUSING, ISSUED MARCH 2004, *
Author: Puerto Rican Diaspora
Author: Carmen WhalenPublisher: Temple University Press
ISBN: 9781592134144
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Histories of the Puerto Rican experience.
Imposing Decency
Author: Eileen FindlayPublisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822323969
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
The interrelationship between sexuality and national identity during Puerto Rico's transition from Spanish to U.S. colonialism.
Boom and Bust in Puerto Rico
Author: A. W. MaldonadoPublisher: University of Notre Dame Pess
ISBN: 0268200998
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Who is to blame for the economic and political crisis in Puerto Rico—the United States or Puerto Rico? This book provides a fascinating historical perspective on the problem and an unequivocal answer on who is to blame. In this engaging and approachable book, journalist A. W. Maldonado charts the rise and fall of the Puerto Rican economy and explains how a litany of bad political and fiscal policy decisions in Washington and Puerto Rico destroyed an economic miracle. Under Operation Bootstrap in the 1950s and '60s, the rapid transformation and industrialization of the Puerto Rican economy was considered a “wonder of human history,” a far cry from the economic “death spiral” the island’s governor described in 2015. Boom and Bust in Puerto Rico is the story of how the demise of an obscure tax policy that encouraged investment and economic growth led to escalating budget deficits and the government’s shocking default of its $70 billion debt. Maldonado also discusses the extent of the devastation from Hurricane Maria in 2017, the massive street protests during 2019, and the catastrophic earthquakes in January 2020. After illuminating the century of misunderstanding between Puerto Rico and the United States—the root cause of the economic crisis and the island’s gridlocked debates about its political status—Maldonado concludes with projections about the future of the relationship. He argues that, in the end, the economic, fiscal, and political crises are the result of the breakdown and failure of Puerto Rican self-government. Boom and Bust in Puerto Rico is written for a wide audience, including students, economists, politicians, and general readers, all of whom will find it interesting and thought provoking.
Flora of Puerto Rico and Adjacent Islands
Author: Alain H. LiogierPublisher: La Editorial, UPR
ISBN: 9780847703692
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
"Completely revised edition of the work published in 1982. A guide to native and naturalized plants, classified by family, genus and species."
Colonial Migrants at the Heart of Empire
Author: Ismael García-ColónPublisher: University of California Press
ISBN: 0520325796
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
Colonial Migrants at the Heart of Empire is the first in-depth look at the experiences of Puerto Rican migrant workers in continental U.S. agriculture in the twentieth century. The Farm Labor Program, established by the government of Puerto Rico in 1947, placed hundreds of thousands of migrant workers on U.S. farms and fostered the emergence of many stateside Puerto Rican communities. Ismael García-Colón investigates the origins and development of this program and uncovers the unique challenges faced by its participants. A labor history and an ethnography, Colonial Migrants evokes the violence, fieldwork, food, lodging, surveillance, and coercion that these workers experienced on farms and conveys their hopes and struggles to overcome poverty. Island farmworkers encountered a unique form of prejudice and racism arising from their dual status as both U.S. citizens and as “foreign others,” and their experiences were further shaped by evolving immigration policies. Despite these challenges, many Puerto Rican farmworkers ultimately chose to settle in rural U.S. communities, contributing to the production of food and the Latinization of the U.S. farm labor force.
Early Puerto Rican Cinema and Nation Building
Author: Naida García-CrespoPublisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 1684481171
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Early Puerto Rican Cinema and Nation Building focuses on the processes of Puerto Rican national identity formation as seen through the historical development of cinema on the island between 1897 and 1940. Anchoring her work in archival sources in film technology, economy, and education, Naida García-Crespo argues that Puerto Rico’s position as a stateless nation allows for a fresh understanding of national cinema based on perceptions of productive cultural contributions rather than on citizenship or state structures. This book aims to contribute to recently expanding discussions of cultural networks by analyzing how Puerto Rican cinema navigates the problems arising from the connection and/or disjunction between nation and state. The author argues that Puerto Rico’s position as a stateless nation puts pressure on traditional conceptions of national cinema, which tend to rely on assumptions of state support or a bounded nation-state. She also contends that the cultural and business practices associated with early cinema reveal that transnationalism is an integral part of national identities and their development. García-Crespo shows throughout this book that the development and circulation of cinema in Puerto Rico illustrate how the “national” is built from transnational connections. Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.