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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... dominant other's influence . That process of " taking into account " is variable , unpredictable , and critical to determining the social power of agents . What is taken into account is just as important . Social agents act in the ...
... dominance . Together , these two concepts do a fairly good job of explaining the varia- tion and differences in societies that are often characterized as seamless entities , such as " modern , " " industrial , " or " capitalist ...
... dominant cultural currents. They may create substitute and oppositional spaces that give some groups the opportu- nity to move within, exchange, and establish cultural values that are in- dependent of the culture that is traded in the ...
... dominant political and cultural values . Each of these periods represented a defining moment in Puerto Rican community history with decisive impact on Puerto Ricans ' power as a community . How were they identified ? Except for the ...
... dominant pow- ers. By the late 1960s, Puerto Ricans took on the battle for power and dig- nity in a postmodern political world by pursuing civil rights initiatives (the Puerto Rican Forum) and militancy (the Young Lords). They did so ...
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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 |