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Not of pure blood : the free people of color and racial prejudice in nineteenth-century Puerto Rico
- Title
- Not of pure blood : the free people of color and racial prejudice in nineteenth-century Puerto Rico / Jay Kinsbruner.
- Author
- Kinsbruner, Jay.
- Publication
- Durham : Duke University Press, 1996.
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- Description
- xiv, 176 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm
- Summary
- Countering the popular misconception that racial discrimination has largely not existed in Puerto Rico, Jay Kinsbruner's Not of Pure Blood shows that racial prejudice has long had an insidious effect on Puerto Rican society. Kinsbruner's study focuses on the free people of color - those of African descent who were considered nonwhite but were legally free during slavery - in order to explore the nature of racial prejudice in nineteenth-century Puerto Rico.
- In considering the consequences of these nineteenth-century attitudes on twentieth-century Puerto Rico, Kinsbruner suggests that racial discrimination continues to limit opportunities for people of color.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-170) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Beginnings -- 2. Puerto Rican Racial Prejudice in Historical Perspective -- 3. Residential Patterns and Dwelling Ownership in San Juan, 1823-1846 -- 4. The Demography of Caste -- 5. Household and Family in San Juan -- 6. Paths of Opportunity? -- 7. Conclusion -- App. A. Historiography -- App. B. Household Coding and the Segregation Index -- App. C. The Endogamy Ratios.
- ISBN
- 0822318369 (alk. paper)
- 0822318423 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 96007908
- OCLC
- 34517542
- ocm34517542
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries