{"product_id":"latino-lives-in-america-luis-ricardo-fraga-9781439900482","title":"Latino Lives in America: Making It Home","description":"\u003cp\u003eLatinos are the largest and fastest growing ethnic group in the United States, with increased levels of political mobilization and influence. In the timely and thoroughgoing \"Latino Lives in America\",\" \"six prominent Latino scholars explore the profound implications of LatinosOCO population growth and geographic dispersion for American politics and society, tracking key changes and continuities in Latinos' attitudes, behavior, and social experiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUtilizing a unique set of OC narrativesOCO from focus group interviews, supplemented with quantitative findings from the 2006 Latino National Survey, the authors provide a snapshot of Latino life in America. The Latinos interviewed provide their thoughts regarding their sense of belonging and group identification, assimilation and transnationalism, housing, education, civic engagement, and perceptions of discrimination, as well as their experiences in new destinations, where they are trying to realize the OC AmericanoOCO dream.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Latino Lives in America\" uses these conversations and the survey data to offer both a micro and macro look at how Latinos are transforming various aspects of American politics, culture, and life and how their experiences in the United States are changing them and their families.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Luis Ricardo Fraga,John A. Garcia,Gary M. Segura\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1439900485\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439900482\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Temple University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/28\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.70w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2010\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Luis Ricardo Fraga","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065584234751,"sku":"9781439900482","price":81.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7ab23645-d392-457c-9a9f-944b045e2eaf.jpg?v=1768675938","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/latino-lives-in-america-luis-ricardo-fraga-9781439900482","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}