Puerto Ricans in the United States: A Contemporary Portrait (Latinos: Exploring Diversity & Change)
An excellent panoramic view of Puerto Ricans in the United States.... Puerto Ricans in the United States: A Contemporary Portrait will become the reader on Puerto Rican Studies and a prominent complement to the ethnic studies literature, and well it should. --Carlos Vargas-Ramos, Contemporary SociologyArguably the deans of Puerto Rican studies, Acosta-Belèn and Santiago provide a comprehensive, contemporary portrait of the nearly 8 million Puerto Ricans almost evenly divided between the island itself and across the US mainland and Hawai i.... A valuable reference work and ... an accessible one-volume introduction to US Puerto Ricans.... Essential. --Choice