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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... economic and political interest by New York City business and politi- cal leaders in bringing Puerto Rican labor to work in New York in the early 1950s. The music sometimes changed. Cheaper, more compliant labor was found to replace ...
... political influence than it had 10 years ago” (Chavez 1986). In- deed, the temptation is to conclude that Puerto ... economic and social data. There are almost three million Puerto Ricans living in the United States, apart from ...
... political relations are as important as economic ones in that regard . Economic decisions are often shaped by cultural perceptions ( as when employers don't hire from partic- ular groups because they are perceived to be lazy ) . Political ...
... economic , political , and social interests , thus , that send people in motion into each other's arms , that keep them going as social relations , and that often bring those partnerships to an end . Power rises and falls with social ...
... economic structures as well as ignores political and cultural power. The dance model doesn't just correct each of these theoretical deficien- cies. It does so as a coherent model that validates the role of both social agents and social ...
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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 |