Boricua Power : : A Political History of Puerto Ricans in the United States / / José Ramón Sánchez.
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...
Saved in:
| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 |
|---|---|
| VerfasserIn: | |
| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2007] ©2007 |
| Year of Publication: | 2007 |
| Language: | English |
| Online Access: | |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Dance: A Theory of Power
- 2 The Cigar Makers’ Strike: An Economic Power Goes Up in Smoke, 1919 to 1945
- 3 The Rise of Radicalism: World War II to 1965
- 4 Puerto Rican Marginalization: 1965 to the Present
- 5 The Young Lords, the Media, and Cultural Estrangement
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author