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1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)
Ausgabe:
First edition
ISBN:
9781623493905
Originaltitel:
Whose dream?
Inhalt:
Introduction / Sandra L. Hanson and John Kenneth White -- Whose dream?: US presidents, Hispanics, and the struggle for the American future / John Kenneth White -- DREAM-ing the American dream: the struggle to enact the DREAM Act / Matthew Green -- "The American dream": walking toward and deporting it / Daniel Martinez, Jeremy Slack, Alex E. Chavez, and Scott Whiteford -- Hispanics and the American dream: lessons from the experiences of Hispanics across nationalities residing in Washington, DC / Enrique S. Pumar -- The color of the dream: Latino/as, African Americans, and the American dream / Steven A. Tuch -- From the margins to the center: the US Catholic bishops, Latino/as, and the American dream in the twentieth century / Maria Mazzenga and Todd Scribner -- Changing for the dream?: Latino/a religious change and socioeconomic success / Jessica Hamar Martinez and Phillip Connor -- Latino/a, American, dream: men, women / Sandra L. Hanson -- Conclusion / Sandra L. Hanson and John Kenneth White.
Inhalt:
The "American Dream" means many things to many people, but in general it can be said that it connects the idea of freedom to the opportunity for prosperity and upward social mobility. Sandra L. Hanson and John K. White have joined together with a group of social scientists to explore the attitudes, experiences, and expectations of Latinos in their quest for the American Dream. The Latino/a American Dream asks many timely questions, including: how do Latino/as view the American Dream? Has the recent economic downturn affected their hopes of achieving the Dream? What about recent immigrants? Wha
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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English
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ISBN 1623493900
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ISBN 9781623493905
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ISBN 1623493897
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ISBN 1623493897
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Available in another form ISBN 1623493897
Sprache:
Englisch
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