{"product_id":"latinos-in-new-york-9780268101503","title":"Latinos in New York","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSignificant changes in New York City''s Latino community have occurred since the first edition of \u003ci\u003eLatinos in New York: Communities in Transition\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 1996. The Latino population in metropolitan New York has increased from 1.7 million in the 1990s to over 2.4 million, constituting a third of the population spread over five boroughs. Puerto Ricans remain the largest subgroup, followed by Dominicans and Mexicans; however, Puerto Ricans are no longer the majority of New York''s Latinos as they were throughout most of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLatinos in New York: Communities in Transition\u003c\/i\u003e, second edition, is the most comprehensive reader available on the experience of New York City''s diverse Latino population. The essays in Part I examine the historical and sociocultural context of Latinos in New York. Part II looks at the diversity comprising Latino New York. Contributors focus on specific national origin groups, including Ecuadorians, Colombians, and Cent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eLatinos in New York\u003c\/i\u003e was the first volume to provide a comprehensive view of the wide range of histories, experiences, and conditions of the changing mix of nationalities of the city's Latino\/a population. This new edition captures the most significant continuities, discontinuities, and changes of the last two decades in the city's Latino\/a population as a whole and among the various national groups, and is as timely and relevant as was the first edition. The essays in this volume offer a plethora of old and recent demographic data and a broad assortment of information to attain a comprehensive and nuanced portrait of New York Latinos\/as, the evolving nature of their communities, and the socioeconomic, educational, and political inequalities, discrimination, and segregation that impact their lives in the city.\" —Edna Acosta-Belén, distinguished professor emerita, University at Albany, SUNY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The editors, all keen observers of the Latino communities of New York, have assembled highly knowledgeable and thoughtful analysts to provide thorough and compelling assessments of these increasingly important but still under-studied groups. A must read not only for those interested in the city’s diverse communities, but for understanding the dynamics of differentiation within the nation’s largest minority population.\" —John Mollenkopf, Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Sociology, Graduate Center, CUNY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Twenty years since the publication of the first pathbreaking edition of \u003ci\u003eLatinos in New York,\u003c\/i\u003e its editors give us the definitive new resource on the contemporary Latinization of New York. Site of the most diverse Latino\/a communities, New York City has been at the forefront of processes of Latinization. Thanks to Baver, Falcón, and Haslip-Viera, we now have a collection of essays by some of the most knowledgeable and experienced scholars, journalists, activists, and educators, who bring us up to speed on the political and cultural issues involved in a changing Latino\/a landscape in NYC and beyond.\" —Arlene Davila, New York University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The essays succeed in conveying the diversity of Latino\/a communities and experiences through the lenses of settlement patterns, institution building, and policy impact. The collection is a good entry point to the convergence of scholarly literatures on migration, pan-ethnic identities, and local-level studies.\" —\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Notre Dame Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400747983191,"sku":"9780268101503","price":87.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780268101503.jpg?v=1730471462","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/latinos-in-new-york-9780268101503","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}