Brooklyn College Library LibGuides Home: PRLS 1001: Introduction to Puerto Rican and LatinX Studies (Ortíz-Minaya): Week 6: Puerto Ricans, the Metropolis, and the City

Current week's course work schedule

The Puerto Rican Tragedy
Imperialism and Agrarian Capitalism, 1898-1930.
Migration and Industrialization, 1930 to the Present.

Attribution: [Tina Leggio] (2014, Mar. 10) Puerto Rican Flag mural in Brooklyn NY [Flickr image] Retrieved from https://flic.kr/p/kVwUnD (CC BY 2.0

Readings: Week 6

Chapter 12: The Puerto Rican Tragedy
Davis, M. (2007). Chapter 12: The Puerto Rican Tragedy. In Magical urbanism: Latinos reinvent the U.S. city. London: Verso.
Chapter 4: Imperialism and Agrarian Capitalism, 1898-1930.
City University of New York. Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños. History Task Force, & City University of New York. Centro de EstudiosPuertorriqueños. History Task Force. (1979). Chapter 4: Imperialism and Agrarian Capitalism, 1898-1930. In Labor migration under capitalism : The Puerto Rican experience. New York: Monthly Review Press.
Chapter 5: Migration and Industrialization, 1930 to the Present.
City University of New York. Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños. History Task Force, & City University of New York. Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños. History Task Force. (1979). Chapter 5: Migration and Industrialization, 1930 to the Present. In Labor migration under capitalism : The Puerto Rican experience. New York: Monthly Review Press.