LEADER 03831ctm 2200577Ii 4500001 ocm38499518 003 OCoLC 005 20221215082538.0 008 980224s1996 xx ak bm 000 0 eng d 035 (Sirsi) o38499518 035 (OCoLC)38499518 040 ERE |beng |erda |cERE |dOCLCQ |dOCLCF |dOCLCO |dOCLCQ |dOCLCA |dOCLCQ |dOCLCO |dOCL |dOCLCO |dOCLCQ |dERE |dUtOrBLW 043 n-us-nynwpr--- 049 EREE 050 4 F128.9.P85 |bN54 1996 100 1 Nieves, Victor C., |eauthor. |?UNAUTHORIZED 245 14 The citizen-strangers : |bPuerto Rican migration to New York City / |cby Victor C. Nieves. 264 0 |c1996. 300 112 leaves : |billustrations, forms ; |c28 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 502 |bM.A. |cEast Carolina University |d1996 500 Submitted to the faculty of the Department of History. 500 Advisor: Donald H. Parkerson 520 3 This thesis argues that migrant families coming to the United States endured migration with their culture and families intact, and were able to adapt and assimilate into American society. The opposing thesis was developed by Historian Oscar Handlin which describes the migrant as totally isolated from extended family as a result of migration and living a life of isolation and disorganization in American society. From this viewpoint, the family did not survive the migration and eventually lapsed into disorder. According to Handlin, this was a natural consequence of migration. The example group in this study is the Puerto Rican migrants who settled in New York City. This thesis will demonstrate how Puerto Rican migrants transplanted their culture and adapted to American society employing customary family support systems. These were very effective non-traditional migrant family support systems that were not recognized by traditional American immigration historians. The primary data consisted of a small representative sample of interviews of Puerto Rican men and women of different ages who spanned several generations that illustrated how migrants transplanted their culture as they assimilated into American society in New York City. 504 Includes bibliographical references (leaves 110-112). 651 0 New York (N.Y.) |xHistory |y1951- |=^A206818 650 0 Puerto Ricans |zNew York (State) |zNew York |xHistory. |=^A1013817 651 0 Puerto Rico |xEmigration and immigration. |=^A1203800 650 7 Emigration and immigration. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00908690 650 7 Puerto Ricans. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01083707 651 7 New York (State) |zNew York. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01204333 |?UNAUTHORIZED 651 7 Puerto Rico. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01205432 |?UNAUTHORIZED 648 7 Since 1951 |2fast 655 7 Academic theses. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01726453 655 7 History. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01411628 655 7 Academic theses. |2lcgft 655 7 Thèses et écrits académiques. |2rvmgf |0(CaQQLa)RVMGF-000001173 700 1 Parkerson, Donald Hugh, |edegree supervisor. |=^A366439 710 2 East Carolina University. |bDepartment of History. |=^A636991 856 41 |zAccess via ScholarShip |uhttp://hdl.handle.net/10342/10201 949 Click on web address |wasis |hjoyner101 949 Click on web address |wasis |hhsl111 994 C0 |bERE 596 1 4 998 625955 998 625955