Boricua Power: A Political History of Puerto Ricans in the United StatesNYU Press, 01/03/2007 - 278 من الصفحات 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? |
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... capitalist society precisely because life is made almost impossible for any of its members who don't have much of it. Knowing that, members of capitalist society develop heightened levels of need and desire for money. That desire and ...
... into victims, objects, and pawns of larger forces, like the racist American capitalist society. The dance model argues that the story of power for Puerto Ricans has more to do with dancing than carnage. This means that 6 Introduction.
... capitalists. The point is that these advantages suggest that the problems of the poor exist not just because of the decisions the poor have made. The problem for the poor is that the social roles and interests they move in are not ...
... capitalist society, it is labor that is realized through capital. As Marx stated in the Communist Manifesto, “in ... capitalism. The dance model extends the dialectic. It explains how and why one party or class appears to gain power, in ...
... capitalist societies, usually desire money, but not always. Guns can force some people to do what they otherwise would not, but not always. There are people who are not easily stopped by guns. These people are often heralded for their ...
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The Rise of Radicalism World War II to | 96 |
Puerto Rican Marginalization | 129 |
The Young Lords the Media and Cultural Estrangement | 171 |
Conclusion | 210 |
Notes | 253 |
Bibliography | 265 |
Index | 275 |