| Description |
xii, 490 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Note |
"David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University." |
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Papers originally presented at the conference entitled Latinos in the 21st century : mapping the research agenda, held in April 2000 at Harvard University. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
"Y tu, que?" (Y2K) : Latino history in the new millennium / George J. Sanchez -- Islands and enclaves : Caribbean Latinos in historical perspective / Juan Flores -- Power and identity : Miami Cubans / Alex Stepick and Carol Dutton Stepick -- Community dynamics and the rise of street gangs / Diego Vigil -- Gender, ethnicity, and race in school and work outcomes of second-generation Mexican Americans / Robert C. Smith -- Unions and Latinos / John Trumpbour, Elaine Bernard -- Two nations under God? Latino religious life in the United States / Peggy Levitt -- Ambivalent reception : mass public responses to the "new" Latino immigraion to the United States / Wayne A. Cornelius -- Resurrecting exclusion : the effects of 1996 U.S. immigration reform on communites and families in Texas, El Salvador, and Mexico / Jacqueline Hagan, Nestor Rodriguez -- Latino health research agenda for the twenty-first century / David E. Hayes-Bautista -- Latino's access to employment-based health insurance / E. Richard Brown, Hongjian Yu -- Families on the frontier : from Braceros in the fields to Braceras in the home / Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo -- Ambiguous loss : risk and resilience in Latino immigrant families / Celia Jaes Falicov -- Plasticity of culture and psychodynamic and psychosocial processes in Latino immigrant families / Ricardo C. Ainslie -- Bilingual infants : mapping the research agenda / Barbara Zurer Pearson -- Latin @ languages and identities / Ana Celia Zantella -- Learning English in California : guideposts for the Nation / Patricia Gandara -- Schooling of Latino children / Luis C. Moll, Richard Ruiz -- Affirmative action, X percent plans, and Latino access to higher education in the twenty-first century / Jorge Chapa -- Forever seen as new : Latino participation in American elections / Louis DeSipio, Rodolfo O. de la Garza -- Gender and citizenship in Latino political participation / Lisa J. Montoya. |
| Subject |
Hispanic Americans -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
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Hispanic Americans -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
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Hispanic Americans -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.
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United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-
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United States -- Ethnic relations.
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| Added Author |
Suarez-Orozco, Marcelo M., 1956-
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Paez, Mariela.
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David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies.
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| ISBN |
0520234871 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0520234863 (alk. paper) |
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