Latinos : remaking America /
edited by Marcelo M. Suáres-Orozco and Mariela M. Páez; updated with a new preface
- Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 2009.
- xxvi, 490 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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
Hispanic Americans--Social conditions--21st century--Congresses. Hispanic Americans--Politics and government--21st century--Congresses. Hispanic Americans--Economic conditions--21st century--Congresses. Hispanoamericanos --Condiciones sociales --Siglo XXI--Congresos, conferencias, etc. Hispanoamericanos --Política y gobierno--Congresos, conferencias, etc. Hispanoamericanos --Condiciones económicas --Siglo XXI--Congresos, conferencias, etc.
United States--Social conditions--1980---Congresses. United States--Ethnic relations--Congresses Estados Unidos--Condiciones sociales--1980- Estados Unidos --Relaciones étnicas --Congresos, conferencias, etc.