Latinos in American Society : : Families and Communities in Transition / / Ruth Enid Zambrana.
It is well known that Latinos in the United States bear a disproportionate burden of low educational attainment, high residential segregation, and low visibility in the national political landscape. In Latinos in American Society, Ruth Enid Zambrana brings together the latest research on Latinos in...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2011] ©2011 |
| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (312 p.) :; 29 tables, 3 charts/graphs |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Demographic Trends
- 3. How Have Latinos Been Studied?
- 4. The Importance of Education
- 5. Girlhood to Womanhood
- 6. Boyhood to Manhood
- 7. Physical and Mental Well-Being through Adulthood
- 8. Public Service Systems as Sites of the Reproduction of Inequality
- 9. Persistent Images and Changing Perceptions in the Twenty-First Century
- 10. Capturing the Lives of Latinos in the United States: Advancing the Production of Critical Social Science Knowledge
- References
- Index