Latinos in American society : families and communities in transition /

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Author / Creator:Zambrana, Ruth E.
Imprint:Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2011.
Description:xvi, 292 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8400007
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ISBN:9780801449383 (cloth : alk. paper)
0801449383 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780801476570 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0801476577 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : why study Latino families?
  • Demographic trends : past, present, and future
  • How have Latinos been studied?
  • The importance of education
  • Girlhood to womanhood
  • Boyhood to manhood
  • Physical and mental well-being through adulthood
  • Public service systems as sites of the reproduction of inequality
  • Persistent images and changing perceptions in the twenty-first century
  • Capturing the lives of Latinos in the United States : advancing the production of critical social science knowledge.