Puerto Ricans in the empire : tobacco growers and U.S. colonialism

Puerto Ricans in the Empire: Tobacco Gro

📁 Puerto Ricans in the Empire: Tobacco Growers and U.S. Colonialism

✍ Teresita A. Levy 📂 Library 📅 2014 🏛 Rutgers University Press 🌐 English

Most studies of Puerto Rico’s relations with the United States have focused on the sugar industry, recounting a tale of victimization and imperial abuse driven by the interests of U.S. sugar companies. But inPuerto Ricans in the Empire, Teresita A. Levy looks at a different agricultural se

Colonial Migrants at the Heart of Empire

📁 Colonial Migrants at the Heart of Empire: Puerto Rican Workers on U.S. Farms

✍ Ismael García-Colón 📂 Library 📅 2020 🏛 California University Press 🌐 English

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 mig

Colonial Migrants at the Heart of Empire

📁 Colonial Migrants at the Heart of Empire: Puerto Rican Workers on U.S. Farms

✍ Ismael García-Colón 📂 Library 📅 2020 🏛 University of California Press 🌐 English

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 mig

Puerto Ricans: Born in the U.S.A.

📁 Puerto Ricans: Born in the U.S.A.

✍ Clara E. Rodríguez 📂 Library 📅 1989 🏛 Westview Press 🌐 English

Puerto Rican students in U.S. schools

📁 Puerto Rican students in U.S. schools

✍ Sonia Nieto 📂 Library 📅 2000 🏛 Taylor & Francis 🌐 English

This volume--the first edited book on the education of Puerto Ricans written primarily by Puerto Rican authors--focuses on the history and experiences of Puerto Rican students in the United States by addressing issues of identity, culture, ethnicity, language, gender, social activism, community invo

The "Puerto Rican Problem" in Postwar Ne

📁 The "Puerto Rican Problem" in Postwar New York City: Migrant Incorporation from the U.S. Colonial Periphery

✍ Edgardo Meléndez 📂 Library 📅 2022 🏛 Rutgers University Press 🌐 English

<div>The "Puerto-Rican Problem" in Postwar New York City presents the first comprehensive examination of the emergence, evolution, and consequences of the “Puerto Rican problem” campaign and narrative in New York City from 1945 to 1960. This notion originated in an intense public campaign tha