remaking America Suárez-Orozco, Marcelo M. 1956- editor Páez, Mariela editor David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies text cau Berkeley, Calif University of California Press 2009 monographic eng

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xxvi, 490 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. "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 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 edited by Marcelo M. Suáres-Orozco and Mariela M. Páez; updated with a new preface 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. 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 002 E 184 L357 2009 305.868073 9780520258273 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0520258274 (pbk. : alk. paper) 120731 20260819123954.0 107446 eng