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University of California Press

From Colonia to Community

The History of Puerto Ricans in New York City
by Virginia E. Sánchez Korrol (Author)
Paperback
Price: $31.95 / £27.00
Publication Date: Nov 1994
Edition: 1st Edition
Title Details:
Rights: World
Pages: 272
ISBN: 9780520079007
Trim Size: 5.5 x 8.25
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About the Book

First published in 1983, this book remains the only full-length study documenting the historical development of the Puerto Rican community in the United States. Expanded to bring it up to the present, Virginia Sánchez Korrol's work traces the growth of the early Puerto Rican settlements—"colonias"—into the unique, vibrant, and well-defined community of today.

Table of Contents

Plates
Tables
Maps
Figures
Preface

1 Introduction
2 Background of the Puerto Rican Migration
to New York City
3 Settlement Patterns and Community Development
4 The Other Side of the Ocean
5 Organizational Activities Among Puerto Ricans
in New York City Settlements
6 Politics, Issues, and Participation in Puerto Rican
Colonias
7 From the Great Migration to the Present 211
viii Contents
Appendix I. Organizations in Operation in Puerto
Rican Communities, 1900-1950
Appendix II. Political Organization
Chart, 1900-1930
Appendix III. Officers and Voting Members of the
Porto Rican Brotherhood of America,
1923,1925,1927

Glossary
Bibliography
Additions to the Bibliography, 1994
Index