Puerto Rican citizen : history and political identity in twentieth-century New York City /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Thomas, Lorrin.
Imprint:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2014.
Description:	x, 354 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Historical studies of urban America Historical studies of urban America.
Subject:	Puerto Ricans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions. Puerto Ricans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Economic conditions. Puerto Ricans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Politics and government. Puerto Ricans -- Political activity. Puerto Ricans -- Economic conditions. Puerto Ricans -- Politics and government. Puerto Ricans -- Social conditions. New York (State) -- New York.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9953507

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ISBN:	022615176X 9780226151762
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-331) and index.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Puerto Ricans, citizenship, and recognition
New citizens of New York: community organization and political culture in the twenties
Confronting race in the metropole : racial ascription and racial discourse during the Depression
Pursuing the promise of the New Deal : relief and the politics of nationalism in the thirties
How to represent the postwar migration : the liberal establishment, the Puerto Rican Left, and the "Puerto Rican problem"
How to study the postwar migrant : social science, Puerto Ricans, and social problems
"Juan Q. Citizen," aspirantes, and Young Lords : youth activism in a new world
Epilogue : from colonial citizen to Nuyorican.

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