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Sponsored Migration The State and Puerto Rican Postwar Migration to the United States

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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. Meléndez sheds an important new light on the many ways in which the government i...

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Main Author: Meléndez, Edgardo (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Columbus, OH The Ohio State University Press 2018
Series:Global Latin/o Americas
Subjects:
History of the Americas
History
Latina/o and Latin American Studies
American Studies
Race and Ethnic Studies
Government of Puerto Rico
Luis Muñoz Marín
Michigan
New York (state)
Puerto Rico
United States
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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. Meléndez 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, Meléndez illuminates how migration influenced U.S. and Puerto Rican relations from 1898 onward.
ISBN:j.ctv3znx2t
9780814213414
Access:Open Access

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