Puerto Rican Arrival in New York: Narratives of the Migration, 1920-1950

by Juan Flores

Book Overview

"First to disembark were passengers traveling first class, businessmen, well-to-do families, students. In second class, where I was, there were the emigrants, most of us tabaqueros, or cigar workers. . ."

Thus writes Bernardo Vega in this collection of engaging and readable first-hand reminiscences about the mid-twentieth-century migration from Puerto Rico to the U.S. The documentary importance of these testimonies is evident,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558763627
• ISBN13: 9781558763623
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Markus Wiener Publishers
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"