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SPECIAL ISSUE. Centering Environmental, Ecological, Climate, and Energy Justice in Puerto Rico’s Social Justice Praxis Editores invitados /…
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SPECIAL ISSUE: Back to the future: The Implications of Balzac One Hundred Years Later Editores invitados /…
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Introduction: Puerto Rican Bomba: Syncopating Bodies, Histories, and Geographies – Jade Power Sotomayor and Pablo Luis Rivera…
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CENTRO Journal: Fall 2022 | Volume 34 | Number 3 ENSAYOS / ESSAYS Documentary Heritage at Risk:…
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CENTRO Journal | Summer 2022 | Volume 34 | Number 2 SPECIAL ISSUE. Beyond Corruption: From Colonial…
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IN THIS ISSUE Essays Cuentos para fomentar el turismo de Emilio S. Belaval: el caso de una obra…
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IN THIS ISSUE SPECIAL ISSUE: Navigating Insecurity: Crisis, Power, and Protest in Puerto Rican Communities Guest editors:…
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In 2019, Virginia had the 13th largest concentration of Puerto Ricans in the United States with an estimated…
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In 2019, New York had the 2nd largest concentration of Puerto Ricans in the United States with an…
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In 2019, Pennsylvania had the 3rd largest concentration of Puerto Ricans in the United States with an…
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In 2019, Massachusetts had the 5th largest concentration of Puerto Ricans in the United States with an…
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In 2019, Georgia had the largest 12th concentration of Puerto Ricans in the United States with an estimated…
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In 2019, North Carolina had the 11th largest concentration of Puerto Ricans in the United States with an…
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In 2019, Ohio had the 10th largest concentration of Puerto Ricans in the United States with an estimated…
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In 2019, Illinois had the 9th largest concentration of Puerto Ricans in the United States with an estimated…
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In 2019, California had the 8th largest concentration of Puerto Ricans in the United States with an estimated…
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In 2019, Texas had the 7th largest concentration of Puerto Ricans in the United States with an estimated…
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In 2019, Connecticut had the 6th largest concentration of Puerto Ricans in the United States with an estimated…
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On April 26, 2021, the U.S. Census Bureau delivered to the president of the United States results…
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IN THIS ISSUE Articles Revisiting Puerto Rico’s Nineteenth-Century Sugar-and-Slavery History | Francisco Scarano Disrupting Colonial Identity: Puerto…
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IN THIS ISSUE Articles New York, Puerto Rico and Cuba’s Latin Music Scenes and the Emergence of…
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IN THIS ISSUE Special Issue: Post-Disaster Recovery in Puerto Rico and Local ParticipationGuest Editor: Edwin Meléndez Articles…
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The Puerto Rican population that is eligible to register to vote in the United States—because they are…
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Centro Journal 30, no. 3 (Summer 2018) IN THIS ISSUE The Look of Sovereignty: Style and Politics…
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Centro Journal 30, no. 1 (Fall 2018) IN THIS ISSUE Introducción Nicolás Kanellos Lola Rodríguez de Tió…
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Centro Journal 29, no. 2 (Summer 2017) IN THIS ISSUE Resisting the Racial Binary? Puerto Rican Migrants’…
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