Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction. Puerto Ricans, Citizenship, and Recognition 1
5. Chapter One. New Citizens of New York. Community Organization and Political Culture in the Twenties 23
6. Chapter Two. Confronting Race in the Metropole. Racial Ascription and Racial Discourse during the Depression 56
7. Chapter Three. Pursuing the Promise of the New Deal. Relief and the Politics of Nationalism in the Thirties 92
8. Chapter Four. How to Represent the Postwar Migration. The Liberal Establishment, the Puerto Rican Left, and the “Puerto Rican Problem” 133
9. Chapter Five. How to Study the Postwar Migrant. Social Science, Puerto Ricans, and Social Problems 166
10. Chapter Six. “Juan Q. Citizen,” Aspirantes, and Young Lords. Youth Activism in a New World 200
11. Epilogue. From Colonial Citizen to Nuyorican 245
12. Notes 255
13. Index 333