Book
The urban poor of Puerto Rico: a study in development and inequality.
Holt, Rinehart and Winston • New York • Published In 1974 • Pages: xii, 116
By: Safa, Helen Icken.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a study of the shantytown of 'Los Peloteros' (a pseudonym) located in the San Juan metropolitan area of Puerto Rico. Safa first studied 'Los Peloteros' in 1959-1960 and there are data on the physical description of the shantytown, methods of earning a living, family and kinship, and community solidarity and extra-community relations of that period. During the 1960s the community was demolished under an urban renewal program, and the people relocated. Safa returned in 1969 and conducted a follow-up study on the consequences of relocation. Safa found that a considerable amount of change had taken place, not only in improved housing, but also in attitudes toward urbanization, politics, and inter-generational relationships. The work concludes with a discussion entitled 'Development, Inequality, and Proletarian Consciousness in Puerto Rico', examining Puerto Rican economic structure, views on poverty, migration as a means of siphoning off discontent, colonialism and economic development, and means of enhancing class consciousness among the Puerto Rican people.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Internal migration
- External migration
- Settlement patterns
- Housing
- Occupational specialization
- Labor supply and employment
- Gender status
- Classes
- Nuptials
- Special unions and marriages
- Household
- Community structure
- Poverty
- Ethnosociology
- Education system
- Political parties
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Puerto Ricans (Island)
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2012
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Caribbean
- 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.
- Ethnologist
- 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, 2012
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1959-1969 (p. vii)
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1959-1969
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- San Juan, Puerto Rico
- NotesAdditional notes
- Helen Icken Safa
- Based in part on the author's thesis, Columbia University
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-116)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 73006557
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- San Juan metropolitan area, P.R.--Poor/Slums--San Juan metropolitan area, P.R./Rural-urban migration--Puerto Rico--San Juan metropolitan area