Research Catalog

Title

Hispanics in the United States : a demographic, social, and economic history, 1980-2005 / Laird W. Bergad, Herbert S. Klein.

Author

Bergad, Laird W., 1948-

Publication

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

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Additional Authors

Klein, Herbert S.

Description

xxiv, 444 p. : ill., maps; 23 cm.

Summary

• "Utilizing census data and other statistical source materials, this book examines the transformations in the demographic, social, and economic structures of Latino-Americans in the United States between 1980 and 2005"--Provided by publisher.
• "In 1980 the U.S. government began to systematically collect data on Hispanics. By 2005 the Latino population of the United States had become the nation's largest minority and is projected to comprise about one-third of the total U.S. population in 2050. Utilizing census data and other statistical source materials, this book examines the transformations in the demographic, social, and economic structures of Latino-Americans in the United States between 1980 and 2005. Unlike most other studies, this book presents data on transformations over time, rather than a static portrait of specific topics at particular moments. Latino-Americans are examined over this twenty-five year period in terms of their demographic structures, changing patterns of wealth and poverty, educational attainment, citizenship and voter participation, occupational structures, employment, and unemployment. The result is a detailed socioeconomic portrait by region and over time that indicates the basic patterns that have lead to the formation of a complex national minority group that has become central to U.S. society"--Provided by publisher.

Subjects

• Hispanic Americans > Population
• Hispanic Americans > Social conditions
• Hispanic Americans > History
• Hispanic Americans > Economic conditions

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction -- Immigration to the United States to 1980 -- The Hispanic population to 1980 -- Population growth and dispersion, 1980-2005 -- The demography of the Hispanic population -- Wealth and poverty -- Educational attainment -- Citizenship, the Latino electorate, and voter participation -- Occupational structures, employment, and unemployment -- English language abilities and domestic usage -- Hispanic business ownership -- Race -- Endogamous and exogamous marriage patterns among Latino household heads -- Conclusion.

Call Number

JFE 10-6061

ISBN

• 9780521889537
• 0521889537
• 0521718104 (pbk.)
• 9780521718103 (pbk.)

LCCN

2009042402

OCLC

YBP 2009042402

Author

Bergad, Laird W., 1948-

Title

Hispanics in the United States : a demographic, social, and economic history, 1980-2005 / Laird W. Bergad, Herbert S. Klein.

Imprint

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Klein, Herbert S.

Research Call Number

JFE 10-6061