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Though now a significant ethnic group in the US, Puerto Ricans are rarely studied - and often misunderstood. Edna Acosta-Belen and Carlos Santiago change this status quo, presenting a nuanced portrait of both the community today and the trajectory of its development. The authors move deftly from Puerto Rico's colonial experience, through a series of waves of migration, to the emergence of the commuter patterns seen today. Not least, they draw on extensive data to dispel widespread myths and stereotypes. Their work is a long overdue corrective to conventional wisdom about the role of the Puerto Rican community within US society.

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Arguably the deans of Puerto Rican studies, Acosta-Belen (SUNY-Albany) and Santiago (Univ. of Wisconsin, Milwaukee) provide a comprehensive, contemporary portrait of the nearly 8 million Puerto Ricans almost evenly divided between the island itself and across the US mainland and Hawai'i. They situate the study firmly within Puerto Rico's "colonial relationship" (a term they introduce at the outset), from incorporation into the US in the late 19th century to the 21st century, closely examining demographics based on 2000 census data. Besides detailed statistical data and analyses of the circular, back-and-forth patterns of migration, settlement, and work, the authors discuss how these transnational connections shape lives and identities, politics and culture; and how migrants adjust to new environments, carry out their lives and create new communities, deal with US racism, and struggle against continuing colonial demands, all adding up to the intriguing notion of a people as both "commuter" and "nation." Densely packed with information, the text is academic but free of social science and theoretical jargon, making this a valuable reference work and, for serious students, an accessible one-volume introduction to US Puerto Ricans. A chronology of Puerto Rican history from the pre-European contact indigenous Taino culture to the 2004 gubernatorial election is a helpful guide. ^BSumming Up: Essential. All academic levels/libraries. E. Hu-DeHart Brown University

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Edna Acosta-Belen is Distinguished Service Professor of Latin American, Carribean, and women's studies at the University at Albany, SUNY, where she is also director of the Center for Latino, Latin American, and Caribbean Studies. She serves as coeditor of the Latino(a) Research Review, which she founded with Carlos Santiago. Carlos E. Santiago is chancellor of the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, and professor in the university's Department of Economics. He has published extensively on the Puerto Rican diaspora.