| Description |
xix, 315 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The structuring of Hispanic ethnicity : historical and contemporary perspectives -- "So far from God, so close to the United States" : the roots of Hispanic homogenization -- The invention of ethnic origins and the negotiation of Latino identity, 1969-1981 -- Central American migration : a framework for analysis -- A summary of Puerto Rican migration to the United States -- The history of Mexican undocumented settlement in the United States -- A repeat performance? : the Nicaraguan exodus -- Los Dominicanyorks : the making of a binational society -- "Que assimilated, brother, yo soy asimilao" : the structuring of Puerto Rican identity in the U.S. -- Reflections on diversity among Chicanas -- Life as the maid's daughter : an exploration of the everyday boundaries of race, class, and gender -- Power surrendered, power restored : the politics of work and family among Hispanic garment workers in California and Florida -- Reluctant compliance : work-family role allocation in dual-earner Chicano families -- New roles in a new landscape -- Brothers in wood -- The politics of language in Miami -- Apartment restructuring and Latino immigrant tenant struggles : a case study of human agency. |
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Hispanic Americans -- Ethnic identity.
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Hispanic Americans -- Cultural assimilation.
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Latin America -- Emigration and immigration.
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United States -- Emigration and immigration.
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Hispanic Americans -- Social conditions.
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| Added Author |
Romero, Mary.
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Hondagneu-Sotelo, Pierrette.
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Ortiz, Vilma, 1954-
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| ISBN |
0415916070 alkaline paper |
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0415916089 paperback alkaline paper |
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