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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... example of Gramsci's organic intel- lectual , a terrific colleague , and a supportive friend . Gladys Schrynemak- ers , Al DiMaio , Patrice McSherry , JoAnn Faraci , and Minna Pacheco also provided encouragement , support , occasional ...
... example, analysts and pundits have made extravagant claims about the emerging power of the Puerto Rican and Latino community in the United States based simply on the expectation of growing population size. The “Year of the Hispanic ...
... example of how power can be gener- ated from the passions and interests evoked and expressed in relationships like the one between the young woman and the dictator Trujillo . The young woman tries to take advantage of the power she is ...
... example, states that “if one country seeks to con- trol the behavior of another, then at a minimum it must have some degree of contact with the entity it wishes to control” (Rothgeb 1993, 27). The big question for the dance model is ...
... example. Then, there were times when dancing did bring Puerto Ricans more power. But that power often proved fleeting or temporary. An example is the economic and political interest by New York City business and politi- cal leaders in ...
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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 |