Latino Immigrants in the United States

by Grace Peña Delgado and Ronald L. Mize

Book Overview

This timely and important book introduces readers to the largestand fastest-growing minority group in the United States - Latinos -and their diverse conditions of departure and reception.

A central theme of the book is the tension between the fact thatLatino categories are most often assigned from above, and how thosedefined as Latino seek to make sense of and enliven a shared notionof identity from below. Providing a sophisticated introduction...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 074564743X
• ISBN13: 9780745647432
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"