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Island Paradox : Puerto Rico in the 1990s /
Island Paradox paints the first comprehensive, census-based portrait of social and economic life in Puerto Rico. Distinguished economists Francisco L. Rivera-Batiz and Carlos E. Santiago describe the complex mixture of gains and losses experienced during the island's almost fifty years as a U.S...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Russell Sage Foundation,
[1996]
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgments ; Illustration: Puerto Rico's Place in the Caribbean ; Chapter 1. Island Paradox: Puerto Rico in the 1990s ; Chapter 2. Population Growth and Demographic Changes ; Chapter 3. Migration between Puerto Rico and the United States ; Chapter 4. The Socioeconomic Transformation: Income, Poverty, and Education ; Chapter 5. The Labor Market and the Unemployment Crisis ; Chapter 6. Immigration and the Population Born outside Puerto Rico ; Chapter 7. The Puerto Rican Population in the United States
- Chapter 8. Between Two Worlds: Puerto Rico Looks Toward the Twenty-First Century Appendix 1. Census Data ; Appendix 2. Measuring Migrations to the United States ; Appendix 3. Population of Puerto Rico by Municipio ; Appendix 4. Multivariate Regression Analysis of the Growth and Presence of Puerto Ricans in 25 U.S. SMSAs, 1980-90 ; References ; Index