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Latinos : remaking America
- Title
- Latinos : remaking America / edited by Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco and Mariela Páez.
- Publication
- Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press, 2009.
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- Description
- xxvi, 490 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "Latinos are the fastest-growing ethnic group in the United States and will comprise a quarter of the country's population by mid-century. This landmark book is the most definitive and comprehensive snapshot available of this trend. A new preface includes the most recent data on a variety of indicators of the changing Latino landscape in the United States. " -- Publisher's description.
- Subjects
- Note
- Previous ed.: 2002.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : The Research Agenda / Marcelo M. Suarez-Orozco and Mariela M. Paez ---1 PART ONE : HISTORIES, MIGRATIONS, AND COMMUNITIES -- 1. "Y tú, qué?" (Y2K): Latino History in the New Millennium /George J. Sanchez -- 2. Islands and Enclaves: Caribbean Latinos in Historical Perspective/ Juan Flores -- 3. Power and Identity: Miami Cubans /Alex Stepick and Carol Dutton Stepick; commentary/ John H. Coatsworth -- 4. Community Dynamics and the Rise of Street Gangs /Diego Vigil -- 5. Gender, Ethnicity, and Race in School and Work Outcomes of Second-Generation Mexican Americans /Robert C. Smith -- 6. Unions and Latinos: Mutual Transformation/ John Trumpbour and Elaine Bernard; commentary /Merilee S. Grindle -- 7. Two Nations under God? Latino Religious Life in the United States /Peggy Levitt -- 8. Ambivalent Reception: Mass Public Responses to the "New" Latino Immigration to the United States / Wayne A. Cornelius -- 9. Resurrecting Exclusion: The Effects of 1996 U. S. Immigration Reform on Communities and Families in Texas, El Salvador, and Mexico / Jacqueline Hagan and Nestor Rodriguez; commentary /Mary Waters --- PART TWO: HEALTH, FAMILIES, LANGUAGES, EDUCATION, AND POLITICS -- 10. The Latino Health Research Agenda for the Twenty-first Century /David E. Hayes-Bautista -- 11. Latinos' Access to Employment-based Health Insurance /E. Richard Brown and Hongjian Yu; commentary /Paul Farmer -- 12. Families on the Frontier: From Braceros in the Fields to Braceras in the Home /Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo -- 13. Ambiguous Loss: Risk and Resilience in Latino Immigrant Families /Celia Jaes Falicov -- 14. The Plasticity of Culture and Psychodynamic and Psychosocial Processes in Latino Immigrant Families / Ricardo C. Ainslie; commentary /Carola Suarez-Orozco -- 15. Bilingual Infants: Mapping the Research Agenda /Barbara Zurer Pearson -- 16. Latin@ Languages and Identities /Ana Celia Zentella -- 17. Learning English in California: Guideposts for the Nation Patricia Gandara; commentary /Maria S. Carlo and Catherine E. Snow -- 18. The Schooling of Latino Children /Luis C. Moll and Richard Ruiz -- 19. Affirmative Action, X Percent Plans, and Latino Access to Higher Education in the Twenty-first Century/ Jorge Chapa; commentary /Gary Orfield -- 20. Forever Seen as New: Latino Participation in American Elections /Louis DeSipio and Rodolfo O. de la Garza -- 21. Gender and Citizenship in Latino Political Participation /Lisa J. Montoya; commentary /Jorge I. Dominguez.
- Call Number
- IEE (Hispanic Americans) 10-7143
- ISBN
- 9780520258273 (pbk.)
- 0520258274 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 2001053492
- OCLC
- 245561038
- Title
- Latinos : remaking America / edited by Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco and Mariela Páez.
- Imprint
- Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press, 2009.
- Edition
- Updated ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Suárez-Orozco, Marcelo M., 1956-Páez, Mariela.
- Research Call Number
- IEE (Hispanic Americans) 10-7143