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

Puerto Rico - History, Culture, People

Books:
    Benmayor, Rina et al. Stories to Live By: Continuity And Change
    in Three Generations of Puerto Rican Women.
    New York: Centro de Estudios Puertorriquenos, Hunter
    College, City University of New York, 1987.
    HQ 1522 S76 1987

    Davila, Arlene M. Taino Revival: Critical Perspectives On Puerto Rican
    Identity and Cultural Politics. New York: Centro de Estudios
    Puertorriquenos, Hunter College, City University of New York, 1999.
    F 1619.2 .T3 T134 1999

    Fernandez, Ronald. The Disenchanted Island: Puerto Rico and the United
    States in the Twentieth Century. Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 1996.
    E 183.8 P9 F47 1996

    Rivera-Batiz, Francisco L. Island Paradox: Puerto Rico in the 1990s.
    New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1996.
    HB 3555 R58 1996

    Rouse, Irving. The Taino: Rise and Decline of the People Who
    Greeted Columbus. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1992.
    F 1619.2 .T3 R68 1992

Ebooks:

    Puerto Rican Women's History Armonk, New York: M. E. Sharpe, 1998.
    netLibrary Collection

Video:

    Puerto Rico: Paradise Invaded. Prod. The Cinema Guild. Videocassette, 1977.
    (30 min) Spanish dialog with English subtitles.
    VHS 160

    The work presents a brief history of Puerto Rico, including its relationship with the U.S. It addresses immigration to New York City.

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