04580nam 2200709Ia 450 991096489020332120200520144314.097866110940279781281094025128109402197815921341821592134181(CKB)1000000000339852(EBL)298875(OCoLC)437182579(SSID)ssj0000189682(PQKBManifestationID)11937089(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000189682(PQKBWorkID)10166032(PQKB)10497155(MiAaPQ)EBC298875(Perlego)2040097(EXLCZ)99100000000033985220051214d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLatinos in New England /edited by Andres Torres1st ed.Philadelphia Temple University Press20061 online resource (344 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9781592134168 1592134165 Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-313) and index.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 Formation4 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 Politics10 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 BarretoSelected BibliographyNotes on Contributors; IndexMore 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, surveyHispanic AmericansNew EnglandSocial conditionsHispanic AmericansNew EnglandEconomic conditionsHispanic AmericansNew EnglandPolitics and governmentHispanic AmericansNew EnglandEthnic identityHispanic AmericansCultural assimilationNew EnglandNew EnglandHistoryHispanic AmericansSocial conditions.Hispanic AmericansEconomic conditions.Hispanic AmericansPolitics and government.Hispanic AmericansEthnic identity.Hispanic AmericansCultural assimilation305.868/074Torres Andres1947-1806935MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910964890203321Latinos in New England4356374UNINA