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9780465054312

Out Of The Barrio Toward A New Politics Of Hispanic Assimilation

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  • ISBN13:

    9780465054312

  • ISBN10:

    0465054315

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1992-11-11
  • Publisher: Basic Books

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Summary

Are Hispanics "making it"achieving the American dream following the pattern of other ethnic groups? This controversial book shatters the myth that 20 million His panicsfast becoming the nation's largest minorityare a permanent underclass. Chavez considers the radical implications for bilingual education, immigration policy, and affirmative action.

Author Biography

Linda Chavez, a senior fellow of the Manhattan Institute, is president of the Center for Equal Opportunity, a nonprofit public policy research organization in Washington, D.C. She writes frequently for such publications as the Wall Street Journal, Fortune, and USA Today and is the author of Out of the Barrio, An Unlikely Conservative, and Betrayal. She lives in Purcellville, Virginia.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Paperback Edition ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1(8)
The Bilingual Battleground
9(30)
Hispanics and the Voting Rights Act
39(22)
The Power Brokers
61(24)
The Backlash
85(16)
An Emerging Middle Class
101(20)
The Immigrants
121(18)
The Puerto Rican Exception
139(22)
Toward a New Politics of Hispanic Assimilation
161(12)
Notes 173(24)
Index 197

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