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Book SynopsisThis text compares Puerto Rican migration with Caribbean migration to both the United States and Western Europe. It examines the position: of Puerto Rico in the Caribbean; of Puerto Ricans in the USA; and the position of colonial migrants compared to noncolonial migrants in the world system.
Table of ContentsList of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction: PART ONE: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF PUERTO RICO 1. The Political Economy of Puerto Rico in the Twentieth Century and Puerto Rican Postnational Strategies 2. World Cities in the Caribbean: Miami and San Juan PART TWO: PUERTO RICAN MIGRATION AND THE CARIBBEAN DIASPORA IN THE UNITED STATES 3. Migration and Geopolitics in the Greater Antilles: From the Cold War to the Post--Cold War 4. Puerto Ricans in the United States: A Comparative Approach 5. "Coloniality of Power" and Racial Dynamics: Notes on a Reinterpretation of Latino Caribbeans in New York City (with Chloe S. Georas) PART THREE: CARIBBEAN COLONIAL MIGRANTS IN WESTERN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES 6. Colonial Caribbean Migrations to France, the Netherlands, Great Britain, and the United States 7. "Cultural Racism" and Colonial Caribbean Migrants in Core Zones of the Capitalist World-Economy Appendix References Index
