03155nam 2200625Ia 450 991081568060332120200520144314.01-4356-0388-50-8147-8853-X10.18574/nyu/9780814788530(CKB)1000000000713916(MiAaPQ)EBC2081602(Au-PeEL)EBL2081602(CaPaEBR)ebr10189771(OCoLC)913695226(MiAaPQ)EBC3025601(Au-PeEL)EBL3025601(DE-B1597)547046(DE-B1597)9780814788530(EXLCZ)99100000000071391620061023d2007 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBoricua power a political history of Puerto Ricans in the United States /Jose Ramon SanchezNew York New York University Pressc2007ix, 278 p. ill0-8147-9848-9 0-8147-9847-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-274) and index.Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Dance -- The Cigar Makers' Strike -- The Rise of Radicalism World War II to -- Puerto Rican Marginalization -- The Young Lords, the Media, and Cultural Estrangement -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.Where does power come from? Why does it sometimes disappear? How do groups, like the Puerto Rican community, become impoverished, lose social influence, and become marginal to the rest of society? How do they turn things around, increase their wealth, and become better able to successfully influence and defend themselves?Boricua Power explains the creation and loss of power as a product of human efforts to enter, keep or end relationships with others in an attempt to satisfy passions and interests, using a theoretical and historical case study of one community–Puerto Ricans in the United States. Using archival, historical and empirical data, Boricua Power demonstrates that power rose and fell for this community with fluctuations in the passions and interests that defined the relationship between Puerto Ricans and the larger U.S. society.Puerto RicansUnited StatesPolitics and governmentPuerto RicansUnited StatesSocial conditionsPower (Social sciences)United StatesHistoryPolitical participationUnited StatesHistoryCommunity lifeUnited StatesHistoryUnited StatesEthnic relationsPolitical aspectsPuerto RicansPolitics and government.Puerto RicansSocial conditions.Power (Social sciences)History.Political participationHistory.Community lifeHistory.305.868/7295305.8687295Sanchez Jose Ramon802678MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815680603321Boricua power4088998UNINA