Latinos in New England / edited by Andres Torres.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Torres, Andrés, 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hispanic Americans--New England--Social conditions.

Hispanic Americans.

Hispanic Americans--New England--Economic conditions.

Hispanic Americans--New England--Politics and government.

Hispanic Americans--New England--Ethnic identity.

Hispanic Americans--Cultural assimilation--New England.

New England--History.

New England.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

More than one million Latinos now live in New England. This is the first book to examine their impact on the region's culture, politics, and economics. At the same time, it investigates the effects of the locale on Latino residents' lives, traditions, and institutions.Employing methodologies from a variety of disciplines, twenty-one contributors explore topics in three broad areas: demographic trends, migration and community formation, and identity and politics. They utilize a wide range of approaches, including oral histories, case studies, ethnographic inquiries, focus group research, survey

Contents:

Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgments; Latinos in New England: An Introduction. Andrés Torres; Part I: Demographic Trends, Socioeconomic Issues; 1 Latino New England: An Emerging Demographic and Economic Portrait. Enrico A. Marcelli and Phillip J. Granberry; 2 Immigration Status, Employment, and Eligibility for Public Benefits among Latin American Immigrants in Massachusetts. Miren Uriarte, Phillip J. Granberry, and Megan Halloran; 3 Latino Shelter Poverty in Massachusetts. Michael E. Stone; Part II: Migration and Community Formation

4 Mofongo Meets Mangú: Dominicans Reconfigure Latino Waterbury. Ruth Glasser5 Growing into Power in Rhode Island. Miren Uriarte; 6 Quiet Crisis: A Community History of Latinos in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Deborah Pacini Hernandez; 7 Latinos in New Hampshire: Enclaves, Diasporas, and an Emerging Middle Class. Yoel Camayd-Freixas, Gerald Karush, and Nelly Lejter; 8 Brazilians in Massachusetts: Migration, Identity, and Work. C. Eduardo Siqueira and Cileine de Lourenço; 9 Latino Catholics in New England. Hosffman Ospino; Photographs follow page 222; Part III: Identity and Politics

10 Descriptive Representation, Political Alienation, and Political Trust: The Case of Latinos in Connecticut. Adrian D. Pantoja11 Latino Politics in Connecticut: Between Political Representation and Policy Responsiveness. José E. Cruz; 12 Immigrant Incorporation among Dominicans in Providence, Rhode Island: An Intergenerational Perspective. José Itzigsohn; 13 Politics, Ethnicity, and Bilingual Education in Massachusetts: The Case of Referendum Question 2. Jorge Capetillo-Ponce and Robert Kramer; 14 The Evolving State of Latino Politics in New England. Amílcar Antonio Barreto

Selected BibliographyNotes on Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-313) and index.

ISBN:

9786611094027

9781281094025

1281094021

9781592134182

1592134181

OCLC:

437182579