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Author Sánchez, José Ramón.

Title Boricua power : a political history of Puerto Ricans in the United States / José Ramón Sánchez.

Publication Info. New York : New York University Press, [2007]
©2007

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  305.8687 S211B    Check Shelf
Description ix, 278 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents 1. Dance : a theory of power -- 2. The cigar makers' strike : an economic power goes up in smoke, 1919 to 1945 -- 3. The rise of radicalism : World War II to 1965 -- 4. Puerto Rican marginalization : 1965 to the present -- 5. The young lords, the media, and cultural estrangement.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-274) and index.
Subject Puerto Ricans -- United States -- Politics and government.
Puerto Ricans -- United States -- Social conditions.
Power (Social sciences) -- United States -- History.
Political participation -- United States -- History.
Community life -- United States -- History.
United States -- Ethnic relations -- Political aspects.
ISBN 9780814798478 cloth alkaline paper
0814798470 cloth alkaline paper
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0814798489 paperback alkaline paper
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