Hispanics in the United States
A Demographic, Social, and Economic History, 1980–2005
- Authors:
- Laird W. Bergad, City University of New York
- Herbert S. Klein, Stanford University, California
- Date Published: October 2010
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521718103
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In 1980 the US government began to systematically collect data on Hispanics. By 2005 the Latino population of the United States had become the nation's largest minority and is projected to comprise about one-third of the total US population in 2050. Utilizing census data and other statistical source materials, this book examines the transformations in the demographic, social, and economic structures of Latino-Americans in the United States between 1980 and 2005. Unlike most other studies, this book presents data on transformations over time, rather than a static portrait of specific topics at particular moments. Latino-Americans are examined over this twenty-five year period in terms of their demographic structures, changing patterns of wealth and poverty, educational attainment, citizenship and voter participation, occupational structures, employment, and unemployment. The result is a detailed socioeconomic portrait by region and over time that indicates the basic patterns that have lead to the formation of a complex national minority group that has become central to US society.
Read more- Generation of time series data on Latino population using detailed census data
- Analysis of major Latino national sub-groups: Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Salvadorans, Colombians, Peruvians
- Analysis of major metropolitan areas where Latinos are concentrated: New York, Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago, Miami, and Riverside, CA
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- Date Published: October 2010
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521718103
- length: 468 pages
- dimensions: 228 x 152 x 26 mm
- weight: 0.64kg
- contains: 124 b/w illus. 12 maps 130 tables
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Immigration to the United States to 1980
2. The Hispanic population to 1980
3. Population growth and dispersion, 1980–2005
4. The demography of the Hispanic population
5. Wealth and poverty
6. Educational attainment
7. Citizenship, the Latino electorate, and voter participation
8. Occupational structures, employment, and unemployment
9. English language abilities and domestic usage
10. Hispanic business ownership
11. Race
12. Endogamous and exogamous marriage patterns among Latino household heads
13. Conclusion.Instructors have used or reviewed this title for the following courses
- Chicana/o History
- Latinos in the Media
- minorities in the united states
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