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The Roots of Latino Urban Agency edited by Sharon A. Navarro and Rodolfo Rosales.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rosales, Rodolfo
- Series:
- Al filo ; no. 8.
- Number 8 in Al filo: Mexican American studies series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Metropolitan government--United States.
- Metropolitan government.
- Political participation--United States.
- Political participation.
- Hispanic Americans--Politics and government.
- Hispanic Americans.
- United States--Ethnic relations--Political aspects.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (167 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Denton, Texas, USA University of North Texas Press 2013
- Denton, TX : University of North Texas Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The 2010 U.S. Census data showed that over the last decade the Latino population grew from 35.3 million to 50.5 million, accounting for more than half of the nation's population growth. The editors of The Roots of Latino Urban Agency, Sharon Navarro and Rodolfo Rosales, have collected essays that examine this phenomenal growth. The greatest demographic expansion of communities of Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Cuban Americans seeking political inclusion and access has been observed in Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago, and San Antonio. Three premises guide this study. The first premise holds
- Contents:
- Introduction: Latino urban agency / Sharon A. Navarro and Rodolfo Rosales
- Latino political agency in Los Angeles past & present: diverse conflicts, diverse coalitions, and fates that intertwine / Ralph Armbruster-Sandoval
- The rebirth of Latino urban agency in San Francisco: from the MCO to the MAC, 1967/2006 / Richard Edward DeLeon
- The fight for school equity in Chicago's Latino neighborhoods / Melissa R. Michelson
- Manny Diaz and the rise and fall of the Miami renaissance / Jessica Lavariega Monforti, Juan Carlos Flores, and Dario Moreno
- "I don't see color, I just vote for the best candidate": the persistence of ethnic polarized voting / Sylvia Manzano and Arturo Vega
- Conclusion: Latino urban agency in the twenty-first century / Sharon A. Navarro and Rodolfo Rosales.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- CC BY-NC-ND
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version (hardback):
- ISBN:
- 9781574415421
- 1574415425
- OCLC:
- 863158297
- Access Restriction:
- Unrestricted online access
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