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Before the Wave: Puerto Ricans in Philadelphia, 1910-1945

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

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)

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

The Almanac of Puerto Ricans in the United States

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

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

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

The AmeRícan Poet: Essays on the Work of Tato Laviera

THE AMERỈCAN POET Essays on the Works of Tato Laviera Edited by Stephanie Álvarez and William Luis Published 2014 486 pages; 6 x 9 ISBN: 978-1-878483-66-9 (paperback) Price: $30.00 paperback About this book The AmeRícan Poet: Essays on the Works of Tato Laviera is a collection of thirteen essays, an introduction and a forward by fifteen established and emerging scholars. Known as a Nuyorican poet...Read more

Soy Gilberto Gerena

SOY GILBERTO GERENA VALENTÍN memorias de un puertorriqueño en Nueva York By Gilberto Gerena Valentín, edited by Carlos Rodríguez Fraticelli Published 2013 302 pages; prologue, epilogue, index; 6 x 9 ISBN: 978-1-878483-64-5 (paperback) Price: $25.00 paperback About this book Gilberto Gerena Valentín es uno de los personajes claves en el desarrollo de la comunidad puertorriqueña en Nueva York...Read more

Gilberto Gerena Valentín Memoir

GILBERTO GERENA VALENTÍN My life as a Community Activist, Labor Organizer and Progressive Politician in New York City By Gilberto Gerena Valentín, edited by Carlos Rodríguez Fraticelli, translated by Andrew Hurley, with an introduction by José E. Cruz Published 2013 316 pages; notes, index; 6 x 9 ISBN: 978-1-878483-79-9 (paperback) Price: $25.00 paperback About this book Gilberto Gerena Valentín...Read more

The Stories I Read to the Children

THE STORIES I READ TO THE CHILDREN The Life and Writing of Pura Belpré, The Legendary Storyteller, Children’s Author and New York Public Librarian By Pura Belpré, Selected, edited, and biographical introduction by Lisa Sánchez González Published 2013 286 pages; notes, works cited, index; 6 x 9 ISBN: 978-1-878483-80-5 (paperback) Price: $25.00 paperback About this book The Stories I Read to the...Read more