Toward a Renaissance of Puerto Rican Studies: Ethnic and Area Studies in University Education by María E. Sánchez, Antonio M. Stevens-Arroyo / Columbia Univeristy Press 1987 / Hardcover / Atlantic Studies on Society in Change (Book 37)

Hardcover 1987

ISBN:  9780880339568  /  978-0880339568

ISBN-10: 088033956X

PAGES: 166

PUBLISHER: Columbia Univeristy Press

LANGUAGE: English

English Summary:

The materials included in this volume synthesize the academic experience of Puerto Rican Studies programs in the American university setting. The core of the selected essays are adaptations of papers delivered at a conference held at Brooklyn College on April 3-4, 1981, entitled “Renaissance of Puerto Rican Studies: An Agenda for the Eighties.”

The introduction documents the origins of Puerto Rican Studies, the present status of the field, and future projections and challenges.

Contributors:

Patrick J. Hill

James Jennings

Julio Morales

Sonia Nieto

Josephine Nieves

Rafael L. Ramírez

Andrés Torres

Jesse M. Vázquez

About the Authors:

Maria E. Sanchez. Chairperson of the Department of Puerto Rican Studies, Brooklyn College, Prof. Sanchez has an extensive background in teaching, educational administration, and supervision at various levels in the New York City educational system, including service as Supervisor of Bilingual Programs.
Antonio M. Stevens-Arroyo. Associate Professor of Puerto Rican Studies, Brooklyn College, Prof. Stevens-Arroyo is the author of an award-winning study of the Hispanic church, Prophets Denied Honor (Orbis: 1980). He has served as Deputy Chairman of the Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights and has published extensively on a variety of themes on culture and civilization.