Grandfather`s Steps, Haslip Joan

Latinos in New York: Communities in Transition, 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 Central Americans, and examine the factors that prompted emigration from the country of origin, the socioeconomic status of the emigrants, the extent of transnational ties with the home country, and the immigrants' interaction with other Latino groups in New York. Essays in Part III focus on politics and policy issues affecting New York's Latinos. The book brings together leading social analysts and community advocates on the Latino experience to address issues that have been largely neglected in the literature on New York City. These include the role of race, culture and identity, health, the criminal justice system, the media, and higher education, subjects that require greater attention both from academic as well as policy perspectives.

Contributors: Sherrie Baver, Juan Cartagena, Javier Casta?o, Ana Mar?a D?az-Stevens, Angelo Falc?n, Juan Flores, Gabriel Haslip-Viera, Ramona Hern?ndez, Luz Yadira Herrera, Gilbert Marz?n, Ed Morales, Pedro A. Noguera, Rosal?a Reyes, Clara E. Rodr?guez, Jos? Ram?n S?nchez, Walker Simon, Robert Courtney Smith, Andr?s Torres, and Silvio Torres-Saillant.