We Are Left without a Father Here : Masculinity, Domesticity, and Migration in Postwar Puerto Rico /

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"We Are Left without a Father Here is a transnational history of working people's struggles and a gendered analysis of populism and colonialism in mid-twentieth-century Puerto Rico. At its core are the thousands of agricultural workers who, at the behest of the Puerto Rican government, mig...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Findlay, Eileen (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Lantarbetare > historia.
Arbetsmigration > historia.
Mansrollen > historia.
Haushalt
Migration
Arbeitnehmer
Politics and government.
Migrant labor > Government policy.
Migrant agricultural laborers > Social conditions.
Masculinity > Social aspects.
Travailleurs agricoles migrants > Michigan > Conditions sociales > 20e siecle.
Travailleurs migrants > Politique gouvernementale > Porto Rico > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Masculinite > Aspect social > Porto Rico.
Migrant agricultural laborers > Michigan > Social conditions > 20th century.
Migrant labor > Government policy > Puerto Rico > History > 20th century.
Masculinity > Social aspects > Puerto Rico.
Förenta staterna > Michigan.
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico.
Michigan.
Porto Rico > Politique et gouvernement > 1898-1952.
Puerto Rico > Politics and government > 1898-1952.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Family and fatherhood in "a new era for all" : populist politics and reformed colonialism
  • Building homes, domesticity dreams, and the drive to modernity
  • Removing "excess population" : redirecting the great migration
  • Arriving in Michigan : the collapse of the dream
  • The brega expands.

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