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Acosta Belén, Edna,

Puerto Ricans in the United States a contemporary portrait Edna Acosta-Belén, Carlos E. Santiago. - Boulder, Colo. Lynne Rienner Publishers 2006. - xiv, 272 p. ill., maps 24 cm. - Latinos, exploring diversity and change .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-252) and index.

Introduction : portrait of a commuter nation -- The colonial experience -- Migrations before World War II -- Postwar migration patterns -- A demographic portrait -- Social and civil rights struggles -- Voices and images of the diaspora -- Overcoming the colonial experience: future challenges -- Brief chronology of Puerto Rican history.

ISBN: 1588263991 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1588264009 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781588263995 9781588264008

LCCN: 2006002396

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Puerto Ricans--History.--United States
Puerto Ricans--Emigration and immigration--History.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Puerto Rico--History.

LC Class. No.: E184.P85 / A23 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 973/.04687295