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Not of Pure Blood: The Free People of Color and Racial Prejudice in Nineteenth-Century Puerto Rico
Jay Kinsbruner
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Paperback. Countering the popular misconception that racial discrimination has largely not existed in Puerto Rico, this book shows that racial prejudice has long had an insidious effect on Puerto Rican society. It is of interest to specialists in Caribbean studies, Puerto Rican history, and Latin America studies, and also to scholars in a variety of fields. Num Pages: 192 pages, 34 tables, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KJP; HBJK; HBLL; JFFJ; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 290.
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.
Following a discussion of Puerto Rican racial ... Read more
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.
Following a discussion of Puerto Rican racial ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822318422
SKU
V9780822318422
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About Jay Kinsbruner
Jay Kinsbruner is Professor of History at Queens College and Graduate Center, City University of New York.
Reviews for Not of Pure Blood: The Free People of Color and Racial Prejudice in Nineteenth-Century Puerto Rico
“Not of Pure Blood is an ambitiously extended study of the free people of color in the slave society of Puerto Rico. Adding much to the emerging body of illuminating literature about life and culture both during the slave period and after, it makes possible many useful comparisons between the free people of color on that island and their counterparts ... Read more