Article: Puerto Ricans in the United States: A Contemporary Portrait.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

Article: Puerto Ricans in the United States
Dictionary of American History;      700+ words ...PUERTO RICANS IN THE UNITED STATES PUERTO RICANS IN THE UNITED STATES. Puerto Ricans have migrated to the continental United States as U.S. citizens since 1917. In the Jones Act of that year, the U.S. Congress made Puerto Ricans ...

Article: Puerto Ricans in the Continental United ...
Encyclopedia of World Cultures Supplement;      700+ words ... ... in the Continental United States ETHNONYMS: Puerto Ricans, Hispanics, Latinos ... Puerto Rico and the United States. Many Puerto Ricans identify themselves ... approximately 1,500 Puerto Ricans in the United States; by 1930 that number ...

Article: Governors Calderon and McGreevey Join Forces to Promote Nation's ...
PR Newswire;  September 3, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... seats and one United States Senator ... percentage of Puerto Ricans living in ... number of Puerto Ricans registered to vote in the United States through education ... 7 million Puerto Ricans in the mainland United States to become ...

Article: Hypertension in Puerto Ricans in the Continental ...
Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal;  September 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... in the Continental United States. Limited data is published ... Hispanic subgroups. Puerto Ricans comprise the second ... Hispanic group in the United States (4) with 75% living ... about hypertension in Puerto Ricans would be valuable in ...

Article: Alcohol abuse and acculturation among Puerto Ricans ...
Reference & Research Book News;  February 1, 2006 ;     502 words ... ... 0773461051 Alcohol abuse and acculturation among Puerto Ricans in the United States; a sociological study. Diaz, Hector Luis and ... Arlington) study compares alcohol abuse of Puerto Ricans born in Puerto Rico and now living in the U ...

Article: The Plebiscite and the Diaspora: The Status Debate on Puerto Rico ...
Caribbean Update;  December 1, 1993 ;     270 words ...Rico and Puerto Ricans in the United States. Edited by Gordon Jonathan Lewis. The 55-page proceedings from the Institute for Puerto Rican Policy's 1990 Policy Forum ...

Puerto Rican Maria Rivera, 62, has lived in the United ...
KRT Photos;  November 26, 2002 ;     315 words ... ... ORLANDO SENTINEL (December 23) Puerto Rican Maria Rivera, 62, has lived in the United States for 37 years. Rivera is an example of a large number of Puerto Ricans moving back to their homeland. (nk) 2002 (Diversity) Document Name|KRTS ...