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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... impact has been both positive and twisted, an album of pains and joys that form the fabric that is my life. First, there's Mami. Obviously, without her I would not be around to write this. More important, she taught me the only lesson I ...
... impact of Puerto Rican culture, life, and people with the persistent inability of this community to seriously shape the life of others in this society. Something was missing. Most of the popular explanations and theories about power ...
... impact quickly disappear. The social landscape and its inhabitants remain relatively unchanged by their presence. It is as if Puerto Ricans walk perpetually on wet sand. This conclusion is a common and popular one, even among Puerto ...
... impact on the social sphere that makes their lives possible. As Puerto Rican government official Manny Diaz once put it, Puerto Ricans do “not own banks, buy and sell the corporate stocks, deal in the real estate of whole neighborhoods ...
... impact on the way others in society go about doing their everyday business. Nobody wants to dance. Puerto Ricans don't seek powerlessness. Most of the people they confront probably don't aim for this either. But, as for many people ...
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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 |