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Latinos and the U.S. South

José María Mantero

Book Code: C34510

ISBN: 0-313-34510-4

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-34510-4

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312 pages

Praeger Publishers

Publication: 4/30/2008

List Price: $49.95 (UK Sterling Price: £27.95)

Availability: In Stock

Media Type: Hardcover

Also Available: Ebook

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

Subjects:

History » Latin American History

Description: In the last ten years, the growing Latino population in the United States has been attracting a great deal of attention that has focused on the social, political, economic, cultural, and linguistic transformations that communities across the country are undergoing due to the influx of Latin American immigrants. Particularly affected by these recent arrivals have been towns and cities that have been traditionally unaccustomed to significant numbers of foreign nationals in their area. Latinos and the U.S. South delves into the commonalities and dissimilarities between the varieties of Latino and U.S. Southern cultures, proposing that the manner in which these areas adapt to the challenges posed by the arrival of these most recent Hispanic residents heralds the present and future conduct of other communities receiving nontraditional Latino immigration in the United States today. Through an analysis that incorporates historical research, existing legislation, and economic trends and statistics, and explores U.S. Southern and Latin American literatures, religious customs, the construction of a U.S. Southern identity, current events such as Hurricane Katrina, present tensions, and personal experience, Latinos and the U.S. South offers a window into how Latinos are adapting to an emblematic yet often overlooked region of the United States and the possible parallels between the two.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Introduction
I. Histories
II. The United States, the U.S. South, Latinos, and Beyond: Current Initial Confluences
III. The Immigration of Latinos: The Diaspora Within
IV: The Rivers Edge: The Mexican Border and the Ohio River
V. Economics, the U.S. South, Latinos, and the Cultural Dollar
VI. Politics: Caudillos and Good Ole Boys
VII. Literature as Mirror
VIII. What Lies Beneath: Music and Land in the U.S. South and Latin America
IX. Religion: An Equal Praise
X. Tensions
XI. The Future
Notes
Bibliography

LC Card Number: 2008000205

LCC Class: F220

Dewey Class: 304

PDF Catalogs:
Praeger Public Library Spring 2008.pdf	Greenwood Multicultural Spring 2008.pdf
Greenwood History Spring 2008.pdf


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