Book
From colonia to community: the history of Puerto Ricans in New York City, 1917-1948
Greenwood Press • (9) • Published In 1983 • Pages: xix, 242
By: Sánchez Korrol, Virginia.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study explores the development of the Puerto Rican settlements or COLONIAS in New York City during the first four decades of the twentieth century. Primary emphasis is placed on the community's organizational network, coping institutions in the society, settlement patterns, occupations, and the role of women in the community. In addition, the author revises previously accepted interpretations of Puerto Rican migrant experiences, building on the works of Joseph P. Fitzpatrick, Lawrence R. Chenault, and C. Wright Mills. Several issues significant to the migratory process are also discussed by Sánchez Korrol, particularly those that deal with the following questions: (1) why did Puerto Ricans come to New York City in the early 1900s; (2) what kinds of communities did they establish and what institutions or practices emerged to meet the needs of the migrants; (3) how did the settlements in New York relate to one another, to relevant issues pertinent to Puerto Ricans on the island, and to the non-Hispanic host society; and finally (4) who were these early migrants and how did they carve a definable community for themselves in the city (p. 5).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Information sources listed in other works
- External migration
- History and culture change
- Press
- Settlement patterns
- Commercial facilities
- Labor
- Labor supply and employment
- Music
- Gender status
- Sodalities
- Political parties
- 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 TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Historian
- Indigenous Person
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary 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
- 1917-1948
- 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] Virginia E. Sánchez Korrol
- Includes index. Bibliography: p. [225]-231
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 82018691
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Puerto Ricans--New York (N.Y.)--History/New York (N.Y.)--History