Borderless borders [[electronic resource] ] : U.S. Latinos, Latin Americans, and the Paradox of interdependence / / edited by Frank Bonilla ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 1998
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (306 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.868073
• Soggetto topico: Hispanic Americans - Politics and government; Hispanic Americans - Social conditions; Hispanic Americans - Economic conditions
• Soggetto geografico: United States Ethnic relations; United States Relations Latin America; Latin America Relations United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: BonillaFrank
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface: Changing the Americas from Within the United States; 1 Dependence or Interdependence: Issues and Policy Choices Facing Latin Americans and Latinos; Part 1 Global Interdependence; 2 Interdependence, Inequality, and Identity: Linking Latinos and Latin Americans; 3 Trading Places: U.S. Latinos and Trade Liberalization in the Americas; 4 The Transnationalization of Immigration Policy; Part II The Reconfigured United States; 5 The Burden of Interdependence: Demographic, Economic, and Social Prospects for Latinos in the Reconfigured U.S.Economy ; 6 From Estrangement to Affinity: Dilemmas of Identity Among Hispanic Children7 The Economic Development of El Barrio; Part III The Politics and Identity of Diaspora; 8 1995 - Terreno Peligroso/Danger Zone: Cultural Relations Between Chicanos and Mexicans at the End of the Century; 9 Visions of Dominicanness in the United States; 10 The Legacy of Conquest and Discovery: Meditations on Ethnicity, Race, and American Politics; 11 Transnational Political and Cultural Identities: Crossing Theoretical Borders; Part IV Reaching for the Civil Society on a Global Scale ; 12 Popular Movements and Economic Globalization13 The New Synthesis of Latin American and Latino Studies; 14 Rethinking Latino/Latin American Interdependence: New Knowing, New Practice; Notes; About the Illustrations; About the Contributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This new reality -- the Latinization of the United States -- is driven by forces that reach well beyond U.S. borders. It asserts itself demographically, politically, in the workplace, and in daily life. The perception that Latinos are now positioned to help bring about change in the Americas from within the United States has taken hold, sparking renewed interest and specific initiatives by hemispheric governments to cultivate new forms of relationships with emigrant communities.Borderless Borders describes the structural processes and active interventions taking place insid
• Titolo autorizzato: Borderless borders
• ISBN: 9786612047688; 0-585-36422-2; 1-282-04768-X; 1-59213-844-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454063003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II