LITERATURE REVIEW As noted by Dietz (2014), A main source in the change of the population of Puerto Rico was done by the Jones Act of 1917 where the citizens of Puerto Rico where granted their citizenship. They then had the freedom to live wherever they wanted in between the island and the main land United States. Migration to the mainland was a much more popular idea starting around the 1950’s because air travel was introduced and was very cheap and the United States has maintained an influence the island since then. It is not surprising the people of Puerto Rico have enjoyed the freedom of going to the U.S. mainland, in comparison people from all over the world dream of one day being able to live in the United States. As previous evidence of a features of a declining population. According to Coale (1960), declining population growth was a major feature a study on secular …show more content…
The negative effects of rapid population growth appear to have weighed most heavily on the poorest group of countries in the developing world during the 1980s and also throughout the two previous decades (Cincotta & Robert, 1997, p. 1).
So we see that on the other hard there are some situations where population growth can hamper economic development. This seems to focus more on the poorer countries of the world, which is probably due to more of a lack of resources. Also noted by Cincotta & Robert (1997), results of an elaborate study found that the correlation between stagnant economic growth and economic strength is the most prevalent among developing nations of the world. In other words, stagnate economic growth can be attributed to population growth as well, which as previously noted is an antithesis to this paper, but to point out, this heavily relates countries with a below average gross domestic
The experience Puerto Rice has had in the few thousands has been rough to say. They have been under the control of two separate countries. Their native people practically extinct, and they still cannot again their own independence till this day like they had 5,000 years ago. To understand the history of Puerto Rico and how they became a part of the United States, you have to go back a few thousand years. There is not much ancient history surrounding present day Puerto Rico as there is with the ancient empires such as the Mayans, Aztecs, and the Incas. There are some scholars that suggest that a tribe of Ortoiroid people who came from South America arrived and inhabited the land, dating back to about 4,000 years ago. The more known history
The United States of America is regarded to many foreigners as the "land of opportunity". To many Puerto Ricans that still live on the island they view the mainland as just that. While other Puerto Ricans can't wait to return to their homeland. Many Puerto Ricans came to the United States because they believed they would not only find better jobs but a better education than on the island.
From the late 1800's to the 1960's, Puerto Ricans began to rise to recognition as a dominating influence, creating chaos in American society. This comment is based on the immigration of Puerto Ricans to America, and the problems it caused.
They start migrating due to hoping on finding a new start in the states because Puerto Rico’s economy at its worse at this time, and the common person is not finding jobs & is starving. As air travel technology advanced and low cost air flights appeared, this is where we start to see when a huge amount of Puerto Ricans decide to migrate over into the United States, and one of the states they migrate largely to in particular was New York City. They also migrate there also because non – stop flights toward New York were also becoming available at the time. Those Puerto Ricans also sought out a new beginning to their lives. This is also the time when Puerto Ricans start developing their culture and neighborhoods in New York.
Immigration to the United States has been occurring for centuries now. For years people from all different parts of the globe have dreamed of living in the United States, which is known to many foreigners as the land of opportunity. There are so many ethnic groups that exist in the United States that it has become known as the melting pot of the world. The Puerto Rican's migration to the United States was not an easy process. The Puerto Ricans faced discrimination in many walks of life in the USA. They were taken advantage of because they were naive and vulnerable to this new life. Eventually, in the twentieth century, the Puerto Ricans realized that they could stand
Economic growth, put simply, is “an increase in the amount of goods and services produced per head of the population over a period of time”; development is inextricably linked with this economic growth. By utilising theories of economic growth and development we can see how the Chinese and Sub-Saharan African economies have emerged, but, more notably, we can use these to look at patterns from past and present to show their experience and the implications of this growth for the future.
Puerto Rico, a name synonymous with finding it’s identity. Has had its woes in that search of identity. After suffering the colonialism of Spain, Puerto Rico was then won by the US in the Spanish American war. Puerto Ricans, deep-rooted in culture and tradition start the journey of searching for better. In the 1950s, after being a territory of the US for 51 years. We see huge emigration from Puerto Rico to the US. The Puerto Rican government played a crucial role in the Puerto Rican migration after world war II. The emigration numbers sky rocket in the 1950s and there is a reason it did. In this paper, I’ll prove that Puerto Ricans migrated to the US in search of a better life because of the post war economic conditions, population increase,
I, alongside 5.1 million other Puerto Ricans, live on the mainland. This is our reality. We are a nation of nomads, we move away from our home out of necessity. The Puerto Rican diaspora repeats itself throughout history. We leave because we have to, we leave in search of opportunity. We live here, in the United States, and are treated as citizens. Despite
The migration of Puerto Ricans to the United States occurred in two major waves. The first wave was in the 1910s-1940s and the second wave was from the 1960s to the 1990s. Each wave of migrants brought new generations of Puerto Ricans to the United States. Both waves of migrants believed that they were going to live a better life in America and migrated to major cities such as New York City, Chicago, Hartford, etc. The early migrants looked for industrial jobs such as in cigar factories while the later migrants found agricultural work such as in tobacco fields. The communities in which they lived grew larger and larger due to chain migration and because of this, the need for politics evolved.
Puerto Rico mainly relied on plantation economy after the arrival of colonists. During 18th century, Spain's rulers decided
The report highlights that the high native-born percentage is a result of the high Puerto Rican population. The Library of Congress states that, “President Woodrow Wilson signed the Jones-Shafroth Act in 1917, which declared Puerto Rico a U.S. territory and Puerto Ricans were granted citizenship by Congress.”
First, I mentioned in an earlier paper of Early United States Rule that it appeared to me that citizenship was granted conditionally, especially to be used as leverage against the Philippines who were another United States territory but were not going to be granted citizenship. Second, a Puerto Rican historian, Arturo Morales Carrión, explained that American citizenship was not in any way accompanied by full political rights or self-determination. United States still elected the governor, attorney general, commissioner of education, and justices of Puerto Rican Supreme Court and the governor elected treasurer and the interior among other positions. With the
This has to do a large part with the discovery of gold mines. Many traveled to the island in order to find gold and hopefully get rich. Sadly, this also involved bringing slaves over. Puerto Rico used slaves to dig for gold, this contributed largely to the mixture and diversity of Puerto Rico. The variety of inhabitants became prominent. In addition to this, the conquerors also had a large impact on the culture. In specific, when Spain conquered Puerto RIco they had many spanish people move to inhabit the land. There were so many different ethnicities that spanish wasn’t declared the official language until the
Demography is the study of the components of population variation and change. Death rate and birth rate are two determinants of population change. Theory of Demographic Transition is comparatively recent theory that has been accepted by several scholars throughout the world. This theory embraces the observation that all countries in the world go through different stages in the growth of population. A nation's economy and level of development is directly related to that nation's birth and death rates. Population history can be divided into different stages. Some of the scholars have divided it into three and some scholars have divided it into five stages. These stages or classifications demonstrate a
This can be measured by the following formula; Per capita nominal GDP = Nominal GDP / Population, Per capita real GDP = Real GDP / Population. Seven factors determine economic growth. Natural resources such as land, mineral deposits, waterways; climatic conditions provide an essential foundation to economic growth. Combined with the other resources of capital, labor and enterprises, natural resources can be developed and organized to increase the productive capacity if the nation. Consequently the quality and size of the labor force is a major determinant of economic growth. Education and vocational training are essential the growth potential of a nation. The promotion of education and job training schemes increase the knowledge, skills and flexibility of the workforce that contributes to potentially higher levels of productivity and efficiency. Whether from natural increase or immigration population growth can cause a higher level of economic growth. An increasing population requires increased public spending on housing, education and other social needs while businesses expectations of