Colonial Subjects: Puerto Ricans in a Global Perspective

by Ramón Grosfoguel

Book Overview

Colonial Subjects is the first book to use a combination of world-system and postcolonial approaches to compare Puerto Rican migration with Caribbean migration to both the United States and Western Europe. Ramn Grosfoguel provides an alternative reading of the world-system approach to Puerto Rico's history, political economy, and urbanization processes. He offers a comprehensive and well-reasoned framework for understanding the position of Puerto...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520230205
• ISBN13: 9780520230200
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 283 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.4"