Book
Puerto Rican Americans: the meaning of migration to the mainland
Prentice-Hall • Englewood Cliffs, N.j. • Published In 1987 • Pages: xvi, 208
By: Fitzpatrick, Joseph P..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This work examines the meaning of migration as a profound human experience for both Puerto Ricans and native New Yorkers. The focus of the study, however, is on the quest of the Puerto Rican for social identity, and the long process involved from the initial landing of the migrants in New York City to their incorporation as New Yorkers. The document presented here discusses the dynamics of migration, the Puerto Rican community in New York City, the family, poverty and public welfare, the problem of 'color', religion, Puerto Ricans and the school system, drug abuse, and the new generation of Puerto Rican poets and authors who comprise the group known as the 'Nuyoricans'. Information contained in chapters three and five, dealing with the island background and the family in Puerto Rico, have been indexed for the SU01 Puerto Ricans - Island file.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- External migration
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Cultural identity and pride
- Settlement patterns
- Literature
- Social relationships and groups
- Alcoholism and drug addiction
- Religious denominations
- Education system
- Elementary education
- Liberal arts education
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Puerto Ricans (Mainland)
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Sociologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle 1992
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1971-
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- New York, N.Y., United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Joseph P. Fitzpatrick
- Includes index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 86022590
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Puerto Ricans--New York (N.Y.)--Social life and customs/Puerto Ricans--United States--Social life and customs/New York (N.Y.)--Social life and customs