Invisible No More: Understanding the Disenfranchisement of Latino Men and Boys

by Aída Hurtado and Edward Fergus

Book Overview

Latino men and boys in the United States are confronted with a wide variety of hardships that are not easily explained or understood. They are populating prisons, dropping out of high school, and are becoming overrepresented in the service industry at alarming degrees. Young Latino men, especially, have among the lowest wages earned in the country, a rapidly growing rate of HIV/AIDS, and one of the highest mortality rates due to homicide. Although...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415877792
• ISBN13: 9780415877794
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"