Introduction: Puerto Ricans, citizenship, and recognition
New citizens of New York : community organization and political culture in the twenties
Confronting race in the metropole : racial ascription and racial discourse during the Depression
Pursuing the promise of the New Deal : relief and the politics of nationalism in the thirties
How to represent the postwar migration : the liberal establishment, the Puerto Rican Left, and the "Puerto Rican problem"
How to study the postwar migrant : social science, Puerto Ricans, and social problems
"Juan Q. Citizen," aspirantes, and Young Lords : youth activism in a new world
Epilogue: from colonial citizen to Nuyorican.