Previous edition: 2002"

David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University."

Papers originally presented at the conference entitled Latinos in the 21st century : mapping the research agenda, held in April 2000 at Harvard University.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

"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