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Latino lives in America : making it home

A nuanced and insightful assessment of Latino life in America
Print Book, English, 2010
Temple University Press, Philadelphia, Pa., 2010
viii, 212 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
9781439900482, 9781439900499, 1439900485, 1439900493
441165407
The growing presence of Latinos in the United States
Trying for the Americano dream : barriers to making the United States "home"
Education : Latinos' great hope, America's harsh reality
Exploring discrimination, intergroup relations, and intragroup relations among Latinos
New homes in new communities : living in rural America
Transnationalism and the language of belonging
The evolving Latino community and pan-ethnicity : explorations into the confluence of interactions, networks, and identity
Conclusions : paradoxes along the way to making America home