Research Catalog

Title

Latinos : remaking America / edited by Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco and Mariela M. Páez.

Publication

Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, [2002], ©2002.

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• Contributor biographical information
• Publisher description

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Additional Authors

• Suárez-Orozco, Marcelo M., 1956-
• Páez, Mariela.
• David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies.

Description

xii, 490 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subject

• Hispanic Americans > Social conditions > 21st century > Congresses
• Hispanic Americans > Politics and government > 21st century > Congresses
• Hispanic Americans > Economic conditions > 21st century > Congresses
• Spaanse Amerikanen
• United States > Social conditions > 1980-2020 > Congresses
• United States > Ethnic relations > Congresses
• United States > Social conditions > 1980-
• United States > Ethnic relations

Note

• "David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University."
• Papers originally presented at the conference entitled Latinos in the 21st century : mapping the research agenda, held in April 2000 at Harvard University.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction: The Research Agenda / Marcelo M. Suarez-Orozco and Mariela M. Paez -- Pt. 1. Histories, Migrations, and Communities -- 1. "Y tu, que?" (Y2K): Latino History in the New Millennium / George J. Sanchez -- 2. Islands and Enclaves: Caribbean Latinos in Historical Perspective / Juan Flores -- 3. Power and Identity: Miami Cubans / Alex Stepick and Carol Dutton Stepick -- Commentary / John H. Coatsworth -- 4. Community Dynamics and the Rise of Street Gangs / Diego Vigil -- 5. Gender, Ethnicity, and Race in School and Work Outcomes of Second-Generation Mexican Americans / Robert C. Smith -- 6. Unions and Latinos: Mutual Transformation / John Trumpbour and Elaine Bernard -- Commentary / Merilee S. Grindle -- 7. Two Nations under God? Latino Religious Life in the United States / Peggy Levitt -- 8. Ambivalent Reception: Mass Public Responses to the "New" Latino Immigration to the United States / Wayne A. Cornelius -- 9. Resurrecting Exclusion: The Effects of 1996 U.S. Immigration Reform on Communities and Families in Texas, El Salvador, and Mexico / Jacqueline Hagan and Nestor Rodriguez -- Commentary / Mary Waters -- Pt. 2. Health, Families, Languages, Education, and Politics -- 10. The Latino Health Research Agenda for the Twenty-first Century / David E. Hayes-Bautista -- 11. Latinos' Access to Employment-based Health Insurance / E. Richard Brown and Hongjian Yu -- Commentary / Paul Farmer -- 12. Families on the Frontier: From Braceros in the Fields to Braceras in the Home / Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo -- 13. Ambiguous Loss: Risk and Resilience in Latino Immigrant Families / Celia Jaes Falicov -- 14. The Plasticity of Culture and Psychodynamic and Psychosocial Processes in Latino Immigrant Families / Ricardo C. Ainslie -- Commentary / Carola Suarez-Orozco -- 15. Bilingual Infants: Mapping the Research Agenda / Barbara Zurer Pearson -- 16. Latin[actual symbol not reproducible] Languages and Identities / Ana Celia Zentella -- 17. Learning English in California: Guideposts for the Nation / Patricia Gandara -- Commentary / Maria S. Carlo and Catherine E. Snow -- 18. The Schooling of Latino Children / Luis C. Moll and Richard Ruiz -- 19. Affirmative Action, X Percent Plans, and Latino Access to Higher Education in the Twenty-first Century / Jorge Chapa -- Commentary / Gary Orfield -- 20. Forever Seen as New: Latino Participation in American Elections / Louis DeSipio and Rodolfo O. de la Garza -- 21. Gender and Citizenship in Latino Political Participation / Lisa J. Montoya -- Commentary / Jorge I. Dominguez -- Epilogue: Problematic Paradigms: Racial Diversity and Corporate Identity in the Latino Community / Silvio Torres-Saillant -- Afterword: American Projections / Doris Sommer.

ISBN

• 0520234863 (alk. paper)
• 9780520234864 (alk. paper)
• 0520234871 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 9780520234871 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2001053492

OCLC

• ocm48032626
• SCSB-4283316

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries