Latinos: Remaking America

by Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco (Editor), Mariela M. Páez (Editor)

Latinos are the fastest growing ethnic group in the United States and will comprise a quarter of the country's population by mid-century. The process of Latinization, the result of globalization and the biggest migration flow in the history of the Americas, is indeed reshaping the character of the U.S. This landmark book brings together some of the leading scholars now studying the social, cultural, racial, economic, and political changes wrought by the experiences, travails, and fortunes of the Latino population. It is the most definitive and comprehensive snapshot available of Latinos in the United States today.

How are Latinos and Latinas changing the face of the Americas? What is new and different about this current wave of migration? In this pathbreaking book social scientists, humanities scholars, and policy experts examine what every citizen and every student needs to know about Latinos in the U.S., covering issues from historical continuities and changes to immigration, race, labor, health, language, education, and politics. Recognizing the diversity and challenges facing Latinos in the U.S., this book addresses what it means to define the community as such and how to move forward on a variety of political and cultural fronts. All of the contributions to Latinos are original pieces written especially for this volume.

Genres: Race, Nonfiction

Hardcover

First published June 6, 2002

Reviews

[Eric · Rating 5 out of 5]

This had to be one of the most influential, important, and informative books I have read. Over the span of several hundred pages, it discusses many sociological issues occurring inside/outside of Latino culture and how it translates in current society. This undoubtably is an amazing text, and covers a great amount of ground, although I would like to see an update on this series. I see this as a fundamental reading for ALL to read.

[LARRY · Rating 4 out of 5]

As posted in [http://www.amazon.com]:

*Latinos: Remaking America* is heady stuff that is the perfect textbook for a Sociology class with an emphasis on Latinos. It's perfect because there are so many issues that this book addresses that readers can relate or connect to today's current events on Latinos. Such issues are education, language, religion, health, women, employment and many more. This book should serve as the bible of Latinos in America.

The reason I said it was heady stuff because there are a lot of statistics in the book. While I believe that statistics are important, I do have to say that some of the graphs are not "friendly". However, it is understandable why there are such graphs...because there are too many variables.

However, I did wish that there were essays or articles by grassroot Latinos to give readers a "breather" from heavy reading. I took me over a month to read this detailed book. With Latinos constantly growing in America, I will not be surprised if this book has to be revised in the near future.