The Roots of Latino Urban Agency / edited by Sharon A. Navarro and Rodolfo Rosales.

• Author: Rosales, Rodolfo
• TeilnehmendeR: Rosales, Rodolfo.; Navarro, Sharon Ann.
• Place / Publishing House: Denton, TX : : University of North Texas Press,, 2013.; ©2013.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Al filo ; no. 8.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (167 pages)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

The 2010 U.S. Census data showed that over the last decade the Latino population grew from 35.3 million to 50.5 million, accounting for more than half of the nation's population growth. The editors of The Roots of Latino Urban Agency, Sharon Navarro and Rodolfo Rosales, have collected essays that examine this phenomenal growth. The greatest demographic expansion of communities of Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Cuban Americans seeking political inclusion and access has been observed in Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago, and San Antonio. Three premises guide this study. The first premise holds

Table of Contents

Introduction: Latino urban agency / Sharon A. Navarro and Rodolfo Rosales -- Latino political agency in Los Angeles past & present: diverse conflicts, diverse coalitions, and fates that intertwine / Ralph Armbruster-Sandoval -- The rebirth of Latino urban agency in San Francisco: from the MCO to the MAC, 1967/2006 / Richard Edward DeLeon -- The fight for school equity in Chicago's Latino neighborhoods / Melissa R. Michelson -- Manny Diaz and the rise and fall of the Miami renaissance / Jessica Lavariega Monforti, Juan Carlos Flores, and Dario Moreno -- "I don't see color, I just vote for the best candidate": the persistence of ethnic polarized voting / Sylvia Manzano and Arturo Vega -- Conclusion: Latino urban agency in the twenty-first century / Sharon A. Navarro and Rodolfo Rosales.