Latino lives in America : making it home /

Latino lives in America : making it home / Luis Ricardo Fraga ... [et al.]. - Philadelphia, Pa. : Temple University Press, 2010. - viii, 212 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The growing presence of Latinos in the United States -- Trying for the Americano dream : barriers to making the United States 'home' -- Education : Latinos' great hope, America's harsh reality -- Exploring discrimination, intergroup relations, and intragroup relations among Latinos -- New homes in new communities : living in rural America -- Transnationalism and the language of belonging -- The evolving Latino community and pan-ethnicity : explorations into the confluence of interactions, networks, and identity -- Conclusions : paradox along the way to making America home.

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Hispanic Americans--Economic conditions--21st century.
Hispanic Americans--Social conditions--21st century.
Hispanic Americans--Politics and government--21st century.


United States--Ethnic relations.