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Title Multiple origins, uncertain destinies : Hispanics and the American future / Panel on Hispanics in the United States ; Marta Tienda and Faith Mitchell, editors
Published Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 159 pages) : illustrations
Series Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf
Contents Multiple origins, Hispanic portrait -- Defining Hispanicity: E Pluribus Unum or E Pluribus Plures? -- The challenges of integration -- Realms of integration: Familty, education, work and health -- Uncertain destinies
Summary Given current demographic trends, nearly one in five U.S. residents will be of Hispanic origin by 2025. This major demographic shift and its implications for both the United States and the growing Hispanic population make Multiple Origins, Uncertain Destinies a most timely book. This report from the National Research Council describes how Hispanics are transforming the country as they disperse geographically. It considers their roles in schools, in the labor market, in the health care system, and in U.S. politics. The book looks carefully at the diverse populations encompassed by the term Hispanic, representing immigrants and their children and grandchildren from nearly two dozen Spanish-speaking countries. It describes the trajectory of the younger generations and established residents, and it projects long-term trends in population aging, social disparities, and social mobility that have shaped and will shape the Hispanic experience
Notes "Committee on Population, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-138) and index
Notes English
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Subject Hispanic Americans -- Social conditions -- Statistics
Hispanic Americans -- Economic conditions -- Statistics
Hispanic Americans -- Government policy
Hispanic Americans.
Hispanic or Latino
Health Status
Socioeconomic Factors
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Hispanic Americans
Ethnic relations
Hispanic Americans -- Economic conditions
Hispanic Americans -- Government policy
Hispanic Americans -- Social conditions
Population
SUBJECT United States -- Ethnic relations -- Statistics
United States -- Population -- Statistics
United States https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481
Subject United States
Genre/Form Statistics
Form Electronic book
Author Tienda, Marta.
Mitchell, Faith, 1952-
National Research Council (U.S.). Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education.
ISBN 0309550874
9780309550871
0309165075
9780309165075
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9781280447211
9786610447213
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