Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-283) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: Puerto Ricans at the dawn of the new millennium / Edwin Meléndez and Carlos Vargas -- Puerto Rican migration and the brain drain dilemma / Kurt Birson -- A brief look at internal migration of Puerto Ricans in the United States: 2001-2011 / Juan Carlos García-Ellín -- Patterns of Puerto Rican settlement and segregation in the United States, 1990-2010 / Carlos Vargas-Ramos -- Puerto Ricans in Florida / Patricia Silver -- New Puerto Rican diasporas in the southern united States / Patricia Silver -- Puerto Rican economic resiliency after the Great Recession / Kurt Birson and Edwin Meléndez -- Rebuilding the of Puerto Rican education pipeline for a multilingual and multicultural future / Luis O. Reyes -- School, work and the transition of Puerto Rican youth to adulthood / Edwin Meléndez, M. Anne Visser, and Kurt Birson -- The asset profile of Puerto Ricans and othere Latinos after the great recession: 2008-2010 / Kurt Birson, Ramón Borges-Méndez and Kofi Ampaabeng -- The well-based of Puerto Rican veterans and service members and their place within the diasporadevelopment and the wealth profile of stateside Puerto Rican households / Ramón Borges Méndez -- Puerto Rican veterans and service members' wellbeing and place within the diaspora / Harry Franqui -- Lessons from the European demographic winter for Puerto Rico / Alejandro Macarrón Larumbe -- Asthma and diabetes within the Puerto Rican population / Anna Rosofsky and Judith Aponte -- Puerto Rican political and civic engagement in the United States / Carlos Vargas-Ramos.
Summary:
"This work collects the most current data on social, economic, and civic conditions of the Puerto Rican population in the United States available from governmental sources, mostly from the U.S. Census Bureau. It presents a picture of endurance and resiliency in the midst of declining opportunities"--Provided by publisher.
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