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From Puerto Rico to Philadelphia : Puerto Rican workers and postwar economies
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- Creator
- Carmen Teresa Whalen
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2001
- Physical Details
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- xiii, 309 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781566398350, 1566398355, 9781566398367, 1566398363
- OCLC
- ocm44131670
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [285]-300) and index.
- 1. Looking for Work in the Global Economy: An Introduction -- 2. From the Country to the Cities: Internal Migration and Migration to the States -- 3. Contract Labor: The State-Sponsored Migration -- 4. Leaving Local Communities: San Lorenzo and Salinas -- 5. A Plethora of Limited Opportunities: Philadelphia's Economy -- 6. Formulating the "Culture of Poverty": Philadelphia's Response to Puerto Rican Migration -- 7. From Labor Migrants to the "Underclass": Interpreting Puerto Rican Poverty
Subjects
- Puerto Ricans -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.
- Puerto Ricans -- Migrations -- History -- 20th century.
- Puerto Ricans -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
- Puerto Rico -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century.
- Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century.
- Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.
- Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
- Puerto Rico -- Economic conditions -- 1952-
- Puerto Rico -- Social conditions -- 20th century.