| Description |
199 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
The reference shelf ; v. 79, no. 1 |
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Reference shelf ; v. 79, no. 1.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [181]-194) and index. |
| Contents |
Preface -- [pt]. 1. The Hispanic-American experience : demographics and beyond -- Editor's introduction -- 1. Latino? Hispanic? Chicano? / Juan Castillo -- 2. Hispanic Americans / Roberto Suro -- 3. Racial, ethnic identities evolve as nation changes / Chris Echegaray -- 4. A hybrid tongue or Slanguage? / Daniel Hernandez -- 5. The Latino culture wars / Seth Kugel -- 6. Hispanics have made great strides but are they still striving / Sarah Coppola -- 7. The house that used to be in Mexico / Felix F. Gutierrez -- 8. Changes in rhythm for Florida / John-Thor Dahlburg -- 9. The new face of Appalachia / Kim Cobb -- [pt]. 2. Hispanic Americans and the immigration debate -- Editor's introduction -- 1. Assimilation, past and present / Robert A. Levine -- 2. Back to the future / David Frum -- 3. English spoken here? / Sydney J. Freedberg -- 4. Illegal-- but essential / David Streitfeld -- 5. My life as an illegal / John Spong -- 6. Divided over immigration / Jennifer Delson -- [pt]. 3. The growing political clout of Hispanic Americans -- Editor's introduction -- 1. A Latin power surge / Arian Campo-Flores and Howard Fineman -- 2. Latino power? / Roberto Suro -- 3. Bush's "real" Hispanic numbers / Richard Nadler -- 4. G.O.P. risking Hispanic votes on immigration / David D. Kirkpatrick -- |
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[pt]. 4. Cultural and econimic influence -- Editor's introduction -- 1. A nueve generation / Jordan Levin -- 2. Grading Hispanic gains on TV? Start with ABC / Eric Deggans -- 3. Hispanics' web identity grows as ads target diverse audience / Alan Sipress -- 4. English enters the media for Latinos / Leon Lazaroff -- 5. Latino marketing goes mainstream / Samar Farah -- 6. Pursuing Hispanic wealth / Ben White -- [pt]. 5. Education and bilingual debate -- Editor's introduction -- 1. Bilingual or immersion? / Kendra Hamilton and Stephen Krashen -- 2. From the beginning... There needs to be light / Mayra Rodriguez Valladares -- 3. Pew report : Latinos more likely than Blacks, Whites to attend the largest public high schools -- 4. Demographic dilemma / Gary Boulard -- 5. Academe's Hispanic future / Peter Schmidt -- Bibliography -- Books -- Web sites -- Additional periodical articles with abstracts -- Index. |
| Subject |
Hispanic Americans -- Social conditions.
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Immigrants -- United States -- Social conditions.
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Hispanic Americans -- Politics and government.
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Hispanic Americans -- Economic conditions.
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Hispanic Americans -- Education.
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United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-2020
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United States -- Ethnic relations.
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| Added Author |
McCaffrey, Paul, 1977-
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| ISBN |
9780824210670 alkaline paper |
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0824210670 alkaline paper |
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