Hispanic Americans / edited by Paul McCaffrey.
| Other author | McCaffrey, Paul, 1977- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | [Bronx, N.Y.] : H.W. Wilson Co., 2007. |
| Description | viii, 199 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| Series | Reference shelf ; v. 79, no. 1 Reference shelf ; v. 79, no. 1. ^A22339 |
| Contents | I: THE HISPANIC-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: DEMOGRAPHICS AND BEYOND: Latino? Hispanic? Chicano? / Juan Castillo -- Hispanic Americans / Roberto Suro -- Racial, ethnic identities evolve as nation changes / Chris Echegaray -- A hybrid tongue or Slanguage? / Daniel Hernandez -- The Latino culture wars / Seth Kugel -- Hispanics have made great strides but are they still striving / Sarah Coppola -- The house that used to be in Mexico / Felix F. Gutierrez -- Changes in rhythm for Florida / John-Thor Dahlburg -- The new face of Appalachia / Kim Cobb -- II: HISPANIC AMERICANS AND THE IMMIGRATION DEBATE: Assimilation, past and present / Robert A. Levine -- Back to the future / David Frum -- English spoken here? / Sydney J. Freedberg -- Illegal--but essential / David Streitfeld -- My life as an illegal / John Spong -- Divided over immigration / Jennifer Delson -- III: THE GROWING POLITICAL CLOUT OF HISPANIC AMRICANS: A Latin power surge / Arian Campo-Flores and Howard Fineman -- Latino power? / Roberto Suro -- Bush's "real" Hispanic numbers / Richard Nadler -- G.O.P. risking Hispanic votes on immigration / David D. Kirkpatrick -- IV: CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC INFLUENCE: A Nueve generation / Jordan Levin -- Grading Hispanic gains on TV? Start with ABC / Eric Deggans -- Hispanics' web identity grows as ads target diverse audience / Alan Sipress -- English enters the media for Latinos / Leon Lazaroff -- Latino marketing goes mainstream / Samar Farah -- Pursuing Hispanic wealth / Ben White -- V: EDUCATION AND BILINGUAL DEBATE: Bilingual or immersion? / Kendra Hamilton and Stephen Krashen -- From the beginning ... There needs to be light / Mayra Rodriguez Valladares -- Pew report: Latinos more likely than Balcks, Whites to attend the largest public high schools -- Demographic dilemma / Gary Boulard -- Academe's Hispanic future / Peter Schmidt. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-194) and index. |
| LCCN | 2006100239 |
| ISBN | 9780824210670 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0824210670 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780824210670 90000 |