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Autore |
Torres Andres |
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Titolo |
Latinos in New England [[electronic resource]] |
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Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-09402-1 |
9786611094027 |
1-59213-418-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (344 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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305.868/074 |
305.868074 |
974.00468 |
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Soggetti |
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Cultural assimilation |
Economic conditions |
Ethnic identity |
Hispanic Americans - New England - Cultural assimilation |
Hispanic Americans - New England - Economic conditions |
Hispanic Americans - New England - Ethnic identity |
Hispanic Americans - New England - Politics and government |
Hispanic Americans - New England - Social conditions |
Hispanic Americans |
History |
New England - History |
Politics and government |
Social conditions |
Hispanic Americans - Social conditions - New England |
Hispanic Americans - Economic conditions - New England |
Hispanic Americans - Politics and government - New England |
Hispanic Americans - Ethnic identity - New England |
Hispanic Americans - Cultural assimilation - New England |
Regions & Countries - Americas |
History & Archaeology |
United States Local History |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgments; Latinos in New England: An Introduction. Andrés Torres; Part I: Demographic Trends, Socioeconomic Issues; 1 Latino New England: An Emerging Demographic and Economic Portrait. Enrico A. Marcelli and Phillip J. Granberry; 2 Immigration Status, Employment, and Eligibility for Public Benefits among Latin American Immigrants in Massachusetts. Miren Uriarte, Phillip J. Granberry, and Megan Halloran; 3 Latino Shelter Poverty in Massachusetts. Michael E. Stone; Part II: Migration and Community Formation |
4 Mofongo Meets Mangú: Dominicans Reconfigure Latino Waterbury. Ruth Glasser5 Growing into Power in Rhode Island. Miren Uriarte; 6 Quiet Crisis: A Community History of Latinos in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Deborah Pacini Hernandez; 7 Latinos in New Hampshire: Enclaves, Diasporas, and an Emerging Middle Class. Yoel Camayd-Freixas, Gerald Karush, and Nelly Lejter; 8 Brazilians in Massachusetts: Migration, Identity, and Work. C. Eduardo Siqueira and Cileine de Lourenço; 9 Latino Catholics in New England. Hosffman Ospino; Photographs follow page 222; Part III: Identity and Politics |
10 Descriptive Representation, Political Alienation, and Political Trust: The Case of Latinos in Connecticut. Adrian D. Pantoja11 Latino Politics in Connecticut: Between Political Representation and Policy Responsiveness. José E. Cruz; 12 Immigrant Incorporation among Dominicans in Providence, Rhode Island: An Intergenerational Perspective. José Itzigsohn; 13 Politics, Ethnicity, and Bilingual Education in Massachusetts: The Case of Referendum Question 2. Jorge Capetillo-Ponce and Robert Kramer; 14 The Evolving State of Latino Politics in New England. Amílcar Antonio Barreto |
Selected BibliographyNotes on Contributors; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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More than one million Latinos now live in New England. This is the first book to examine their impact on the region's culture, politics, and economics. At the same time, it investigates the effects of the locale on Latino residents' lives, traditions, and institutions.Employing methodologies from a variety of disciplines, twenty-one contributors explore topics in three broad areas: demographic trends, migration and community formation, and identity and politics. They utilize a wide range of approaches, including oral histories, case studies, ethnographic inquiries, focus group research, survey |
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