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The Hispanic Population of the United States

By - Bean, Frank D.; , Tienda, Marta
Floor - Floor 1
Published - Russell Sage Foundation, New York, ©1987
ISBN 10 - 087154105X
ISBN 13 - 9780871541055
Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.
Subject - Hispanic Americans Economic conditions
Shelf No - 14
Call Number - 305.8680 BEA
Physical Description - xxiv, 456 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Notes - Includes index
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The Hispanic population in the United States is a richly diverse and changing segment of our national community. Frank Bean and Marta Tienda emphasize a shifting cluster of populations—Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central and South American, Spanish, and Caribbean—as they examine fertility and immigration, family and marriage patterns, education, earnings, and employment. They discuss, for instance, the effectiveness of bilingual education, recommending instead culturally supportive programs that will benefit both Hispanic and non-Hispanic students. A study of the geographic distribution of Hispanics shows that their tendency to live in metropolitan areas may, in fact, result in an isolation which denies them equal access to schooling, jobs, and health care. Bean and Tienda offer a critical, much-needed assessment of how Hispanics are faring and what the issues for the future will be. Their findings reveal and reflect differences in the Hispanic population that will influence policy decisions and affect the Hispanic community on regional and national levels. "...represents the state of the art for quantitative analysis of ethnic groups in the United States." —American Journal of Sociology A Volume in the Russell Sage Foundation Census Series

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