Puerto Ricans at the dawn of the new millennium
By: edited by Edwin Meléndez and Carlos Vargas-Ramos
Publisher: Center for Puerto Rican Studies
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781878483799
Subjects: Puerto Ricans; Statistics; Social conditions; Economic conditions; Politics and government
Description: "This work collects the most current data on social, economic, and civic conditions of the Puerto Rican population in the United States available from governmental sources, mostly from the U.S. Census Bureau. It presents a picture of endurance and resiliency in the midst of declining opportunities"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Edwin Meléndez and Carlos Vargas; title: Puerto Rican migration in the 21st century : is there a brain-drain? / Kurt Birson; title: State to state migration of Puerto Ricans in the United States / Juan C. García-Ellín; title: Patterns of Puerto Rican settlement and segregation in the United States, 1990-2010 / Carlos Vargas-Ramos; title: Puerto Ricans in Florida / Patricia Silver; title: New Puerto Rican diasporas in the U.S. South / Patricia Silver; title: Puerto Rican economic resiliency after the Great Recession / Kurt Birson and Edwin Meléndez; title: School, work and the transition of Puerto Rican youth to adulthood / Edwin Meléndez, Anne Visser, and Kurt Birson; title: Asset-based development and the wealth profile of stateside Puerto Rican households / Ramón Borges Méndez; title: Puerto Rican veterans and service members' wellbeing and place within the diaspora / Harry Franqui; title: Lessons from the European demographic winter for Puerto Rico / Alejandro Macarrón; title: Asthma and diabetes within the Puerto Rican population / Anna Rosofsky and Judith Aponte; title: Puerto Rican political and civic engagement in the United States / Carlos Vargas-Ramos.