Puerto Ricans in the United States: A Contemporary Portrait - Softcover

Acosta-Belen, Edna; Santiago, Carlos E.

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9781588264008: Puerto Ricans in the United States: A Contemporary Portrait

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ISBN 10: 1588264009 ISBN 13: 9781588264008

Publisher: Lynne Rienner Pub, 2006

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Though their presence in the United States is long standing, knowledge about Puerto Ricans their culture, history, socioeconomic status, and contributions has been decidedly inadequate. Edna Acosta-Bel�n and Carlos Santiago change this status quo, presenting a nuanced portrait of both the community today and the trajectory of its development.

The authors move deftly from Puerto Rico s colonial experience, through a series of waves of migration, to the emergence of the commuter patterns seen today. Not least, they draw on extensive data to dispel widespread myths and stereotypes. Their work is a long overdue corrective to conventional wisdom about the role of the Puerto Rican community within US society.

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About the Author:

Edna Acosta-Bel�n is Distinguished Professor of Latin American, Caribbean, and women s studies at the University at Albany, SUNY, where she is also director of the Center for Latino, Latin American, and Caribbean Studies. She serves as coeditor of the Latino(a) Research Review, which she founded with Carlos Santiago. Carlos E. Santiago is Senior Deputy Commissioner of Academic Affairs with the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education. He has published extensively on the Puerto Rican diaspora.

Review:

An excellent panoramic view of Puerto Ricans in the United States.... Puerto Ricans in the United States: A Contemporary Portrait will become the reader on Puerto Rican Studies and a prominent complement to the ethnic studies literature, and well it should. --Carlos Vargas-Ramos, Contemporary Sociology

Arguably the deans of Puerto Rican studies, Acosta-Bel�n and Santiago provide a comprehensive, contemporary portrait of the nearly 8 million Puerto Ricans almost evenly divided between the island itself and across the US mainland and Hawai i.... A valuable reference work and ... an accessible one-volume introduction to US Puerto Ricans.... Essential. --Choice

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