Lecture 23: Puerto Rican Migration to New York City

1. Timing and Scale of Puerto Rican Immigration
   1. Stages of Immigration
      1. Pioneer immigrants, 1900-1945
      2. Height of immigration, 1946-1964
      3. Revolving door migration, 1965-present

   2. Migration numbers, different periods

2. Basic Causes
   1. Transformation of Puerto Rican economy under imperialism
   2. Population pressures accompanying economic change
   3. Cheap transportation, citizenship

3. Puerto Ricans in the United States

   1. Settlement Patterns
   2. Racism and Puerto Ricans
   3. Economics

4. The Puerto Rican Circuit: Migration and Return Migration

   1. Changes in Puerto Rican, 1940 to present
   2. Growing Return Migration
   3. Broader Implications

Lecture 24: New Immigrants in the Cities of Up-State New York

Guest Lecture: Ms Lorelle Frushhour, Refugee Resettlement Program, Binghamton, NY