book chapter
Economic factors affecting Puerto Ricans in New York
Labor migration under capitalism : the Puerto Rican experience, by City University of New York. Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños. History Task Force • New York • Published In 1979 • Pages: 197-221
By: Rodríguez, Clara E..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Puerto Rican migration to the United States is best viewed in historical context in order to understand it today. In this document Rodríguez examines the colonial relationship existing between Puerto Rico and the United States as well as the stage of capitalism at the time of the first Puerto Rican migrations to the U.S. mainland in the 1930s. The author then examines factors affecting the post-migration socioeconomic status of immigrants. These factors are involved with Puerto Rican high unemployment, skewed occupational distribution, and low income. The essay concludes with a brief discussion of welfare as an alternative economic response of Puerto Ricans to low income, high unemployment, and insecure jobs.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- External migration
- Income and demand
- Labor supply and employment
- Wages and salaries
- Public assistance
- 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 chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Sociologist
- 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
- not specified
- 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] Clara E. Rodríguez
- For complete bibliography see category 113, document 16: City University, pp. 265-278
- Includes bibliographical references.
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 78013918
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Puerto Ricans--New York (N.Y.)--Economic conditions