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Common Reading Library Research Guide:
When I Was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago

Puerto Rican Immigration

Books:
    Aliotta, Jerome J. The Puerto Ricans. New York:
    Chelsea House Publishers, 1990.
    E 184 P85 A55 1990

    Fitzpatrick, Joseph P. Puerto Rican Americans: the Meaning of Migration
    to the Mainland. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1971.
    E 184 P85 F5

    Flores, Juan. From Bomba to Hip-Hop: Puerto Rican Culture and Latino
    Identity. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000.
    E 184 P85 F58 2000

    Larsen, Ronald J. The Puerto Ricans in America.
    Minneapolis: Lerner Publications, 1973.
    E 184 P85 L37

    Wakefield, Dan. Island in the City: the World of Spanish
    Harlem. New York: Arno Press, 1959.
    F 128.9 P85 W34

Videos:

    Biculturalism and Acculturation Among Latinos
    Prod. Films for the Humanities and Sciences
    Videocassette, 1992. (28 min)
    VHS 1140

    Program examines Latinos wish to retain their heritage and culture while facing pressure to assimilate into American culture.

Websites:

Profile of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States: 2000
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS17716
This government, census based report gives many statistical reports about America's immigrant population.

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