Hispanic Spaces, Latino Places Community and Cultural Diversity in Contemporary America

Name: Hispanic Spaces, Latino Places Community and Cultural Diversity in Contemporary America
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ISBN: 9780292705623

ISBN-10: 029270562X

ISBN-13: 9780292705623

Edition: 2004

Authors: Daniel D. Arreola, Daniel D. Arreola

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Hispanics/Latinos are the largest ethnic minority in the United States—but they are far from being a homogenous group. Mexican Americans in the Southwest have roots that extend back four centuries, while Dominicans and Salvadorans are very recent immigrants. Cuban Americans in South Florida have very different occupational achievements, employment levels, and income from immigrant Guatemalans who work in the poultry industry in Virginia. In fact, the only characteristic shared by all Hispanics/Latinos in the United States is birth or ancestry in a Spanish-speaking country. In this book, sixteen geographers and two sociologists map the regional and cultural diversity of the Hispanic/Latino…

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List price: $32.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 11/1/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 344
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



Introduction




Hispanic American Legacy, Latino American Diaspora




Continuous Communities



The Plaza in Las Vegas, New Mexico: A Community Gathering Place




Social Geography of Laredo, Texas, Neighborhoods: Distinctiveness and Diversity in a Majority-Hispanic Place




Discontinuous Communities



Barrio under Siege: Latino Sense of Place in San Francisco, California




Globalization of the Barrio: Transformation of the Latino Cultural Landscapes of San Diego, California




Barrio Space and Place in Southeast Los Angeles, California




New Communities



Changing Latinization of New York City




Soccer and Latino Cultural Space: Metropolitan Washington Futbol Leagues




The Cultural Landscape of a Puerto Rican Neighborhood in Cleveland




Latinos in Polynucleated Kansas City




Latino Commerce in Northern Nevada




Se Venden Aqui: Latino Commercial Landscapes in Phoenix




Hispanics in the American South and the Transformation of the Poultry Industry




Hispanization of Hereford, Texas