Sponsored migration : the state and Puerto Rican postwar migration to the United States /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Meléndez, Edgardo (Author)
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2017]
Series:	Global Latin/o Americas.
Subjects:	Puerto Ricans > United States > Migrations. Puerto Ricans > United States > Politics and government. Puerto Ricans > United States > Social conditions. Migrant labor > United States. Puerto Rico > Colonial influence. Puerto Rico > Politics and government > 1898-1952. Puerto Rico > Politics and government > 1952-1998. United States > Politics and government > 1933-1953. Colonial influence. Migrant labor. Politics and government. Puerto Ricans > Migrations. Puerto Ricans > Politics and government. Puerto Ricans > Social conditions. Puerto Rico. United States. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies. HISTORY / Latin America / General. 1898-1998 Electronic books.
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Table of 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.