| Description |
xxiv, 494 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction. Demography and the shifting boundaries of "community": reflections on "U.S. Latinos" and the evolution of Latino studies / David G. Gutiérrez -- Globalization, labor migration, and the demographic revolution: ethnic Mexicans in the late twentieth century / David G. Gutiérrez -- Social polarization and colonized labor: Puerto Ricans in the United States, 1945-2000 / Kelvin A. Santiago-Valles and Gladys M. Jiménez-Muñoz -- Exiles, immigrants, and transnationals: the Cuban communities of the United States / María Cristina García -- Central American immigrants: diverse populations, changing communities / Norma Stoltz Chinchilla and Nora Hamilton -- Transnational ties and incorporation: the case of Dominicans in the United States / Peggy Levitt -- the other "other Hispanics": South American-origin of Latinos in the United States / Marilyn Espitia -- Gender and the Latino experience in the late-twentieth-century America / Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo -- From Barrios to barricades: religion and religiosity in Latino life / Anthony M. Stevens-Arroyo -- U.S. Latino expressive cultures / Frances R. Aparicio -- The continuing Latino quest for full membership and equal citizenship: legal progress, social setbacks, and political promise / Kevin R. Johnson -- The pressures of perpetual promise: Latinos in politics, 1960-2003 / Louis Desipio. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Hispanic Americans -- History -- 20th century.
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Hispanic Americans -- History -- 21st century.
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Hispanic Americans -- Social conditions.
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United States -- Ethnic relations.
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| Added Author |
Gutiérrez, David (David Gregory)
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| Added Title |
History of Latinos in the United States since 1960 |
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Latinos in the United States since 1960 |
| ISBN |
0231118082 cloth alkaline paper |
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