The urban poor of Puerto Rico: a study in development and inequality.
Series: Case studies in cultural anthropology
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston
Published: 1974
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 116
Subjects: Slums -- Puerto Rico -- San Juan Metropolitan Area; Rural-urban migration -- Puerto Rico -- San Juan Metropolitan Area; Poor -- Puerto Rico -- San Juan Metropolitan Area
Notes: Bibliography: p. 113-116.
Based in part on the author's thesis, Columbia University.
Table of contents: title: Finding a home : migration and its consequences. The growth of the San Juan metropolitan area -- The growth of shantytowns -- Patterns of settlement -- Housing -- Earning a living : jobs and other sources of income. Rural origins -- Job opportunities in the city -- Income differentiation -- Consumer patterns -- Aspirations and attitudes toward social mobility -- Family and kinship. The nature of matrifocality -- Marriage patterns and household composition -- Conjugal relationships and marital stability -- The socialization process -- Occupational and educational aspirations for children -- Migration and extended kin ties -- Community solidarity and extracommunity relationships. Neighbors, kin, and friends -- Leadership and social control -- Relationship with other classes -- Race and racism -- Religion -- Politics and the power structure -- Relocation and a decade of change. Relocation in public housing -- Moving to an urbanización -- The younger generation -- Changing political attitudes -- Conclusion : development, inequality, and proletarian consciousness in Puerto Rico. Economic structure of Puerto Rican society -- Personalistic view of poverty -- Migration to the mainland -- Colonialism, development, and dependency -- Vehicles for creating class consciousness -- Glossary.