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BEFORE THE WAVE Puerto Ricans in Philadelphia, 1910–1945 By Víctor Vázquez-Hernández Published 2017 148 pages; notes, references, index; 6 x 9 ISBN: 978-1-945662-02-7 (paperback) LCCN: 2016047262 Price: $25.00 paperbacck About this book This book recounts the genesis of the Puerto Rican community in Philadelphia during the interwar years (1917–1945). It connects the origins of this community to...Read more
CENTRO: Journal of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies Volume XXX, Number 1 • Spring 2018 SPECIAL SECTION: Critical Perspectives on Puerto Rican and Dominicans in the U.S. Table of Contents - Beyond Labor Markets and Schools: Community-Based Youth Serving Organizations and the Integration of Puerto Rican and Dominican Disconnected Youth in New York City - M. Anne Visser - Food Security and Access...Read more
This special issue of the Centro Journal entitled Critical Perspectives on Puerto Rico will examine the economic, fiscal, political and unfolding humanitarian crises in Puerto Rico and impacts on stateside communities. Prospective authors are encouraged to present their research at the national conference co-sponsor by the Puerto Rican Studies Association and the Center for Puerto Rican Studies...Read more
State of Puerto Ricans 2017
THE STATE OF PUERTO RICANS 2017 Edited by Edwin Meléndez and Carlos Vargas-Ramos Published 2017 138 pages; 8.5 x 11 ISBN: 978-1-945662-12-6 (paperback) LCCN: 2017021705 Price: $25.00 paperback About this book This book provides an updated overview of some of the most salient subjects and themes about the Puerto Rican population in the United States at present. It highlights the continued mobility...Read more
THE BODEGA A Cornerstone of Puerto Rican Barrios (The Justo Martí Collection) By Carlos Sanabria Published 2016 48 pages; 8.5 x 8.5 ISBN: 978-1-945662-06-5 (paperback) Price: $20.00 paperback About this book The Bodega: A Cornerstone of Puerto Rican Barrios (The Justo Martí Collection) by Carlos Sanbria. From the 1940s to the 1970s bodegas, those ubiquitous corner-stores, in New York City’s...Read more
CENTRO: Journal vol. XXIX no. 1 Spring 2017 U.S. Citizenship in Puerto Rico: One Hundred Years After the Jones Act Guest Editors: Charles R. Venator-Santiago and Edgardo Meléndez Table of Contents Preface — Edwin Meléndez INTRODUCCIÓN / INTRODUCTION U.S. Citizenship in Puerto Rico: One Hundred Years After the Jones Act Charles R. Venator-Santiago and Edgardo Meléndez Mapping the Contours of the...Read more
CENTRO: Journal of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies Vol. XXVIII no. 1 Spring 2016 Counterstreaming: Measuring the Impact of Cultural Remittances. Essays in Honor of Juan Flores. Guest Editors : Carlos Garrido Castellano and Laura Bravo López Table of Contents Introduction—Counterstreaming: Measuring the Impact of Cultural Remittances Carlos Garrido Castellano and Laura Bravo López Llegaron los...Read more
ALMANAC OF PUERTO RICANS IN THE UNITED STATES, 2016 Edited by Jennifer Hinojosa and Carlos Vargas-Ramos Published 2016 168 pages; 8.5 x 11 ISBN: 978-1-945662-07-2 (paperback) LCCN: 2017002040 Price: $25.00 paperback About this book This almanac is a compendium of demographic, economic and social data about the Puerto Rican population in the United States. It compares conditions among Puerto...Read more
THE STATE OF PUERTO RICANS 2013 Edited by Edwin Meléndez and Carlos Vargas-Ramos Published 2013 92 pages; notes, works cited, index; 8.5 x 8.5 ISBN: 978-1-878483-72-0 (paperback) Price: $15.00 paperback About this book The State of Puerto Ricans, 2013 collects in a single report the most current data on social, economic, and civic conditions of the Puerto Rican population in the United States...Read more
PUERTO RICANS AT THE DAWN OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM Edited by Edwin Meléndez and Carlos Vargas-Ramos Published 2014 319 pages; 6 x 9 ISBN: 978-1-878483-79-9 (paperback) Price: $25.00 paperback About this book A new millennium, with new realities. The demographic and socioeconomic profile of Puerto Ricans has changed dramatically. In less than a decade, the Puerto Rican population living in the U.S...Read more