Burden of Support: Young Latinos in an Aging Society

by Werner Schink, David Hayes-Bautista, Jorge Chapa, et al.

Book Overview

This book takes as its focus America in the 1980s which, at the time, was undergoing massive demographic and economic changes. The bulk of the book deals with Latino demographic, social, and economic characteristics: labor force participation, income, education, health, and political participation. It advocates that, in order to improve their situation, Latinos must understand their position as a group and as a community. The authors offer grounded...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804718024
• ISBN13: 9780804718028
• Release Date: March 1990
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.4"