International Migration Review · 1979 · 41 citations · 1 references
HumanitiesHistorySociologyContractsLabor HistoryLatin American HistoryCaribbean HistoryCaribbean SocietyColonial SocietyMexican American HistoryPuerto Rican StudiesSocial ContractContract Labor ClassificationEarly Movement DevelopmentPuerto Rican HistoryPuerto Rican Labor HistoryPuerto Rican MigrationPuerto Rican Social MovementsWorld War Ii EraWorld War Ii History
This paper delineates the historicity of the Puerto Rican movement to the mainland United States as a contract labor group, prior to, during and following World War II. The author demonstrates that the communities which developed from this early movement provided the nucleus from which the present Puerto Rican communities arose on the mainland U.S.
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