Changing Race : : Latinos, the Census and the History of Ethnicity /

Changing Race : : Latinos, the Census and the History of Ethnicity / / Clara E. Rodríguez.

Latinos are the fastest growing population group in the United States.Through their language and popular music Latinos are making their mark on American culture as never before. As the United States becomes Latinized, how will Latinos fit into America's divided racial landscape and how will the...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Rodríguez, Clara E.,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2000]
©2000
Year of Publication:2000
Language:English
Series:Critical America ; 41
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Acknowledgments
  • PART I THE FLUIDITY OF RACE
  • 1 Latinos in the U.S. Race Structure
  • 2 The Idea of Race
  • 3 Stories of Self-Definition
  • PART II HISTORICAL CONSTRUCTIONS
  • 4 Whites and Other Social Races
  • 5 The Shifting Color Line
  • 6 Race in the Americas
  • PART III RACE AND THE CENSUS
  • 7 The “Other Race” Option
  • 8 Redefining Race in 2000
  • Appendix A Data Limitations and the Undercount
  • Appendix B The Biological Concept of Race in the United States
  • Appendix C: A Technical Oversight or Racial Flux?
  • Appendix D Free People of Color
  • Notes
  • References
  • About the Author

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