Edgardo Meléndez

The Puerto Rican Problem in Postwar New York City

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Produktbeschreibung

This book presents the first comprehensive examination of the campaign and narrative of the "Puerto Rican problem" in New York City from 1945 to 1960. It looks at how this campaign influenced the incorporation of Puerto Ricans to the US, the policies of the governments of Puerto Rico and New York, and the ways Puerto Ricans were perceived by Americans for decades.  

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. November 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 463g
• ISBN-13: 9781978831476
• ISBN-10: 1978831471
• Artikelnr.: 63434761

Autorenporträt

EDGARDO MELÉNDEZ is a retired professor from the department of political science at the University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras and the department of Africana and Puerto Rican/Latino studies at Hunter College. His latest books are Patria: Puerto Rican Exiles in Late Nineteenth Century New York City, and Sponsored Migration: The State and Postwar Puerto Rican Migration to the United States.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1 The Study of Puerto Rican Migration and Incorporation in the United
States
2 The “Puerto Rican Problem” Campaign in New York City
3 Dealing with the “Puerto Rican Problem” in New York City
4 The “Puerto Rican Problem” in New York City and Puerto Rico’s Migration
Policy
5 Marcantonio, the “Puerto Rican Problem,” and the 1949 Mayoral Election in
New York City
6 The Mayor’s Committee on Puerto Rican Affairs
7 The Demise of MCPRA and the Redefinition of the “Puerto Rican Problem”
8 In the Aftermath of the “Puerto Rican Problem” in New York City
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index