Latino Los Angeles: Transformations, Communities, and Activism

Latino Los Angeles: Transformations, Communities, and Activism
ISBN-10
0816524688
ISBN-13
9780816524686
Category
History
Pages
341
Language
English
Published
2005
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Authors
Gilda L. Ochoa, Enrique Ochoa

Description

"Until recently, most research on Latina/os in the U.S. has ignored historical and contemporary dynamics in Latin America, just as scholars of Latin America have generally stopped their studies at the border. This volume roots Los Angeles in the larger arena of globalization, exploring the demographic changes that have transformed the Latino presence in LA from primarily Mexican-origin to one that now includes peoples from throughout the hemisphere. Bringing together scholars from a range of disciplines, it combines historical perspectives with analyses of power and inequality to consider how Latina/os are responding to exclusionary immigration, labor, and schooling practices and actively creating communities. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET.

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