Hispanics and the Future of America

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...

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Hauptverfasser: Tienda, Marta, Mitchell, Faith, National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Hispanics in the United States, National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Population
Format: E-Book Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Washington, D.C National Academies Press 17.02.2006
Ausgabe:1
Schlagworte:
Economic conditions
Hispanic Americans
Hispanic Americans > Economic conditions
Hispanic Americans > Social conditions
Hispanic Americans > Statistics
Interethnic relations
Population
Social conditions
Statistics
U.S.A
United States > Ethnic relations
United States > Population
ISBN:0309387035, 9780309387033, 0309100518, 9780309100519
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • FrontMatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 Introduction: E Pluribus Plures or E Pluribus Unum?--Marta Tienda and Faith Mitchell -- 2 The Making of a People--Rubén G. Rumbaut -- 3 The Demographic Foundations of the Latino Population--Jorge Durand, Edward Telles, and Jennifer Flashman -- 4 Redrawing Spatial Color Lines: Hispanic Metropolitan Dispersal, Segregation, and Economic Opportunity--Mary J. Fischer and Marta Tienda -- 5 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 -- 6 Barriers to Educational Opportunities for Hispanics in the United States--Barbara Schneider, Sylvia Martinez, and Ann Owens -- 7 Hispanics in the U.S. Labor Market--Brian Duncan, V. Joseph Hotz, and Stephen J. Trejo -- 8 Economic Well-Being--Cordelia Reimers -- 9 The Health Status and Health Behaviors of Hispanics--José J. Escarce, Leo S. Morales, and Rubén G. Rumbaut -- 10 Access to and Quality of Health Care--José J. Escarce and Kanika Kapur -- 11 Latino Civic and Political Participation--Louis DeSipio -- Appendixes -- A Contents "Multiple Origins, Uncertain Destinies: Hispanics and the American Future -- B Biographical Sketches of Contributors