Latinos in New York: Communities in Transition, Second Edition (Latino Perspectives)

Significant changes in New York City's Latino community have occurred since the first edition of Latinos in New York: Communities in Transition was published in 1996. Noguera, Rosalía Reyes, Clara E. Part II looks at the diversity comprising Latino New York. Puerto Ricans remain the largest subgroup, followed by Dominicans and Mexicans; however, Puerto Ricans are no longer the majority of New York's Latinos as they were throughout most of the twentieth century.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. Rodríguez, José Ramón Sánchez, Walker Simon, Robert Courtney Smith, Andrés Torres, and Silvio Torres-Saillant.. 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 essays in this volume offer a plethora of old and recent demographic data and a broad assortment of information to attain a comprehensive and nuanced portrait of New York Latinos/as, the evolving nature of their communities, and the socioeconomic, educational, and political inequalities, discrimination, and segregation that impact their lives in the city." —Edna Acosta-Belén, University at Albany, SUNY. "Latinos in New York was the first volume to provide a comprehensive view of the wide