Boricua power a political history of Puerto Ricans in the United States
Where does power come from? Why does it sometimes disappear? How do groups, like the Puerto Rican community, become impoverished, lose social influence, and become marginal to the rest of society? How do they turn things around, increase their wealth, and become better able to successfully influence and defend themselves?Boricua Power explains the creation and loss of power as a product of human efforts to enter, keep or end relationships with others in an attempt to satisfy passions and interests, using a theoretical and historical case study of one community-Puerto Ricans in the United States. Using archival, historical and empirical data, Boricua Power demonstrates that power rose and fell for this community with fluctuations in the passions and interests that defined the relationship between Puerto Ricans and the larger U.S. society
History
1 online resource (ix, 278 p. :) ill.
9780814798478, 9780814798485, 0814798470, 0814798489
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Intro
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Dance
The Cigar Makers' Strike
The Rise of Radicalism World War II to
Puerto Rican Marginalization
The Young Lords, the Media, and Cultural Estrangement
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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