Latinas/os in the United States changing the face of América /
Latinas/os in the United States: Changing the Face of América Edited by Rodríguez, Sáenz & Ménjivar The Latina/o population in the United States has experienced significant and rapid growth during the past decades. Consequently, they have become the largest minority group in the nation. Latinas/...
| Other Authors: | Rodríguez, Havidán., Saenz, Rogelio., Menjívar, Cecilia., SpringerLink (Online service) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York ; London :
Springer,
2008.
New York ; London : 2008. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xxxv, 392 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
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Table of Contents:
- Theoretical and methodological issues of Latina/o research / Nestor Rodríguez
- New Latino destinations / Manuel A. Vásquez, Chad E. Seales and Marie Friedmann Marquardt
- Latino incorporation in the United States in local and transnational contexts / Robert Courtney Smith
- Demographic patterns: Age structure, fertility, mortality and population growth / Jorge del Pinal
- Through children's eyes: Families and households of Latino children in the United States / Jennifer E. Glick and Jennifer Van Hook
- U.S. Latinos/as and the "American dream": Diverse populations and unique challenges in housing / Eileen Diaz McConnell
- Latino health paradoxes: Empirical evidence, explanations, future research, and implications / Dolores Acevedo-Garcia and Lisa M. Bates
- Latino crime and delinquency in the United States / Ramiro Martinez
- The educational experiences of Latinos in the United States / William Vélez
- Latinos in the United States labor market / Lisa Catanzarite and Lindsey Trimble
- Latino/a entrepreneurship in the United States: A strategy of survival and economic mobility / Zulema Valdez
- Income, earnings, and poverty: a portrait of inequality among Latinos/as in the United States / Alberto Dávila, Marie T. Mora and Alma D. Hales
- Mapping the dynamic terrain of U.S. Latina/o media research / Isabel Molina Guzmán
- As the Latino/a world turns: The literary and cultural production of transnational latinidades / Ana Patricia Rodríguez
- Religion and religiosity / Miguel A. De La Torre
- Latinos/os (in) on the border / Emily Skop, Brian Gratton and Myron P. Gutmann
- Entre Nosotras/os: Theorizing, researching, and constructing cross-Latina/o relations in the United States / Gilda L. Ochoa
- Beyond gender dichotomies: Toward a new century of gendered scholarship in the Latina/o experience / Maura I. Toro-Morn
- Adelante mujer: Latina activism, feminism, and empowerment / Denise A. Segura and Elisa Facio
- Latinas and Latinos, sexuality, and society: a critical sociological perspective / Gloria González-López and Salvador Vidal-Ortiz
- Latino partisanship, political activity and vote choice / Kim Geron and Melissa R. Michelson
- Political orientations and Latino immigrant incorporation / Sarah Allen Gershon and Adrian D. Pantoja
- Political mobilization and activism among Latinos/as in the United States / Christian Zlolniski
- Unions and the unionization of Latinas/os in the United States / Héctor L. Delgado.