Research Catalog

Title

Hispanics and the future of America / Marta Tienda and Faith Mitchell, editors ; Panel on Hispanics in the United States [and] Committee on Population, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2006.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Mitchell, Faith, 1952-
• Tienda, Marta
• National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Hispanics in the United States
• National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Population

Description

x, 490 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

"Hispanics and the Future of America presents details of the complex story of a population that varies in many dimensions, including national origin, immigration status, and generation. The papers in this volume draw on a wide variety of data sources to describe the contours of this population, from the perspectives of history, demography, geography, education, family, employment, economic well-being, health, and political engagement. They provide a source of information for researchers, policy makers, and others who want to better understand the fast-growing and diverse population that we call "Hispanic."" --Book Jacket.

Subject

• Demography
• Socioeconomic Factors
• Hispanic or Latino > statistics & numerical data
• Hispanic Americans > Social conditions
• Hispanic Americans > Economic conditions
• Hispanic Americans > Statistics
• United States
• United States > Ethnic relations
• United States > Population

Genre/Form

• Statistics
• Electronic books.
• Statistics.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction : E pluribus plures or E pluribus unum? / Marta Tienda and Faith Mitchell -- The making of a people / Rubén G. Rumbaut -- The demographic foundations of the Latino population / Jorge Durand, Edward Telles, and Jennifer Flashman -- Redrawing spatial color lines : Hispanic metropolitan dispersal, segregation, and economic opportunity / Mary J. Fischer and Marta Tienda -- Hispanic families in the United States : family structure and process in an era of family change / Nancy S. Landale, R. Salvador Oropesa, and Cristina Bradatan -- Barriers to educational opportunities for Hispanics in the United States / Barbara Schneider, Sylvia Martinez, and Ann Owens -- Hispanics in the U.S. labor market / Brian Duncan, V. Joseph Hotz, and Stephen J. Trejo -- Economic well-being / Cordelia Reimers -- The health status and health behaviors of Hispanics / José J. Escarce, Leo S. Morales, and Rubén G. Rumbaut -- Access to and quality of health care / José J. Escarce and Kanika Kapur -- Latino civic and political participation / Louis DeSipio.

ISBN

• 0309100518 (pbk.)
• 0309654785 (PDFs)
• 9780309654784 (electronic bk.)

LCCN

^^2005034173

OCLC

• 62615827
• SCSB-12508840

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library