The Urban Poor Of Puerto Rico: A Study In Development And Inequality (case Studies In Cultural Anthropology)

Studies Los Peloteros, a San Juan shantytown, noting migration patterns, kinship structure, culture, social relationships, economic conditions, and the effects of urban renewal Finding a home : migration and its consequences. The growth of the San Juan metropolitan area -- The growth of shantytowns -- Patterns of settlement -- Housing -- Earning a living : jobs and other sources of income. Rural origins -- Job opportunities in the city -- Income differentiation -- Consumer patterns -- Aspirations and attitudes toward social mobility -- Family and kinship. The nature of matrifocality -- Marriage patterns and household composition -- Conjugal relationships and marital stability -- The socialization process -- Occupational and educational aspirations for children -- Migration and extended kin ties -- Community solidarity and extracommunity relationships. Neighbors, kin, and friends -- Leadership and social control -- Relationship with other classes -- Race and racism -- Religion -- Politics and the power structure -- Relocation and a decade of change. Relocation in public housing -- Moving to an urbanización -- The younger generation -- Changing political attitudes -- Conclusion : development, inequality, and proletarian consciousness in Puerto Rico. Economic structure of Puerto Rican society -- Personalistic view of poverty -- Migration to the mainland -- Colonialism, development, and dependency -- Vehicles for creating class consciousness -- Glossary. Monograph presenting a case study in social and cultural anthropology of slum populations in the san juan urban area to illustrate the effect of economic growth and social change on poverty-stricken urban populations in Puerto Rico - includes illustrations, references and statistical tables