Book
Puerto Rican poverty and migration: we just had to try elsewhere
Praeger • New York • Published In 1986 • Pages:
By: Morales, Julio.
Abstract
This is a study of the causes of the poverty of Puerto Ricans in the mainland United States. The communities studied are the migrant populations living in New York City and Waltham, Massachusetts. Morales asks these questions: 'Why are Puerto Ricans as a group at the bottom of the economic hierarchy? Why do Black U.S. citizens fare better? What has been, and is, U.S. interest in Puerto Rico? Why has this interest persisted? Why have Puerto Ricans failed to enter the U.S. mainstream when ethnic European immigrants have succeeded? What role has institutionalized racism played? What has been the role of the capitalist economic system?' (p. xvi). Answers to these questions involve understanding the military, political, economic, and social relations between Puerto Rico and the United States, as well as cultural history, and the history of Puerto Rican immigration to New York City, New England, and other parts of the country.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2002
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Types
- Social Scientist
- Indigenous Person
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1992
- Field Date
- 1975-1976 (p. ix)
- Coverage Date
- 1952-
- Coverage Place
- New York, N.Y. and Waltham, Mass., United States
- Notes
- by Julio Morales
- 'Praeger special studies'
- Includes index. Bibliography: p. 225-245
- LCCN
- 85019439
- LCSH
- Migration--Internal--United States/Puerto Rico--Emigration and immigration