| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 260 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Global Latin/o Americas
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Global Latin/o Americas.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-253) and index. |
| Contents |
Puerto Rican migration and the colonial state -- "Neither encouraging nor discouraging": the making of Puerto Rico's migration policy -- Puerto Ricans as domestic workers and the Farm Placement Program -- There ain't no buses from San Juan to the Bronx: postwar migration and air transportation -- "Every Puerto Rican a potential migrant": migrant education and the English language issue -- The beets of wrath: migration policy and migrant discontent in Michigan, 1950 -- Puerto Ricans as migratory labor, the state as a labor contractor. |
| Summary |
Sponsored Migration places Puerto Rico's migration policy in its historical context, examining the central role the Puerto Rican government played in encouraging and organizing migration during the postwar period. Melendez sheds an important new light on the many ways in which the government intervened in the movement of its people: attempting to provide labor to U.S. agriculture, incorporating migrants into places like New York City, seeking to expand the island's air transportation infrastructure, and even promoting migration in the public school system. One of the first scholars to explore this topic in depth, Melendez illuminates how migration influenced U.S. and Puerto Rican relations from 1898 onward. |
| Note |
This work is licensed by Knowledge Unlatched under a Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode |
| Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
| Subject |
Puerto Ricans -- United States -- Migrations.
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Puerto Ricans. |
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United States. |
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Puerto Ricans -- United States -- Politics and government.
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Politics and government. |
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Puerto Ricans -- United States -- Social conditions.
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Social conditions. |
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Migrant labor -- United States.
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Migrant labor. |
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Puerto Rico -- Colonial influence.
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Puerto Rico. |
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Colonial influence. |
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Puerto Rico -- Politics and government -- 1898-1952.
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| Chronological Term |
1898-1952 |
| Subject |
Puerto Rico -- Politics and government -- 1952-1998.
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| Chronological Term |
1952-1998 |
| Subject |
United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1953.
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| Chronological Term |
1933-1953 |
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1898-1998 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Meléndez, Edgardo. Sponsored migration. Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2017] (DLC) 2017009221 |
| ISBN |
9780814275122 (electronic book) |
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0814275125 (electronic book) |
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9780814275108 (electronic book) |
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0814275109 (electronic book) |
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9780814213414 (electronic book) |
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0814213413 (electronic book) |
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0814254152 |
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9780814254158 |
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