Latino lives in America : making it home / Luis Ricardo Fraga ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fraga, Luis Ricardo.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hispanic Americans--Economic conditions--21st century.

Hispanic Americans.

Hispanic Americans--Social conditions--21st century.

Hispanic Americans--Politics and government--21st century.

United States--Ethnic relations.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pa. : Temple University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Latinos are the largest and fastest growing ethnic group in the United States, with increased levels of political mobilization and influence. In the timely and thoroughgoing Latino Lives in America, six prominent Latino scholars explore the profound implications of Latinos' population growth and geographic dispersion for American politics and society, tracking key changes and continuities in Latinos' attitudes, behavior, and social experiences. Utilizing a unique set of "narratives" from focus group interviews, supplemented with quantitative findings from th

Contents:

The growing presence of Latinos in the United States

Trying for the Americano dream : barriers to making the United States 'home'

Education : Latinos' great hope, America's harsh reality

Exploring discrimination, intergroup relations, and intragroup relations among Latinos

New homes in new communities : living in rural America

Transnationalism and the language of belonging

The evolving Latino community and pan-ethnicity : explorations into the confluence of interactions, networks, and identity

Conclusions : paradox along the way to making America home.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612505966

9781282505964

1282505963

9781439900505

1439900507

OCLC:

607552585