Displaying 1 of 1 2009 Format: Book Call Number: B L864L 2009 Author: Levine, Barry B., 1941- Title: Reflections on a Puerto Rican life : Benjy Lopez : a picaresque tale of emigration and return / Barry B. Levine. Edition: 1st Markus Wiener Publishers ed. Publisher, Date: Princeton, NJ : Markus Wiener Publishers, 2009. Description: x, 209 p. ; 23 cm. Subjects: Lopez, Benjy, 1922-2007. Puerto Ricans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography. New York (N.Y.) -- Biography. Puerto Rico -- Biography. Other Title: Benjy Lopez Notes: Originally published under title: Benjy Lopez. New York : Basic Books, 1980. With new introd. Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-207). Contents: Prologue, by Robert Farris Thompson -- Reflections on a Puerto Rican Life -- Metamorphoses of a Jíbaro -- In Search of Dignity -- From Testimonial to Testament -- Testimonial -- 1. Salpicar: The Splash -- 2. My First Growing-up (1922-1940) -- 3. I Become Such a GI (1940-1943) -- 4. My New Way with the Army (1943-1945) -- 5. We Conquerors (1945) -- 6. The System Is Upstairs (1945) -- 7. Marine Tiger, or "500,000 Came for Dinner" (1946-1951) -- 8. A Jíbaro in a Goddamn Place Like That (1946) -- 9. What the United States Was All About (1946) -- 10. Forced to End Innocence (1946-1947) -- 11. B-29s (1947) -- 12. Marriage by Proxy (1948-1950) -- 13. Every University Has a Dubinsky (1950-1951) -- 14. How Eisenhower Ruined the Neighborhood (1947-1952) -- 15. These Cubans, They Were All My Friends (1952) -- 16. Don't Use That Goddamn Word "Crime"! (1953) -- 17. Trip Guy (1951-1953) -- 18. The Hacking Deal (1952-1956) -- 19. Turning Points (1955-1961) -- 20. My Exile from Puerto Rico (1961-1965) -- 21. The Waterfront Deal Was Dying for Me (1961-1965) -- 22. Even Inside Puerto Rico (1966) -- 23. If I Keep on Thinking... -- Changing the Story -- An Activist Sociology -- Inconvenient Individuals -- The Sad Tale of the Puerto Rican Testimonial -- Notes to Essays -- Acknowledgments Web Site: Table of contents only LCCN: 2008034589 ISBN: 9781558764835 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1558764836 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781558764842 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1558764844 (pbk. : alk. paper) Other Number: 244177143 Items available: 1 Copies owned: 1 Current Holds: 0 Place Request Please select and request a specific volume by clicking one of the icons in the 'Availability' section below. Add to My List Share Expand All | Collapse All Availability Suggestions and more Large Cover Image Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1