{"product_id":"9781982184896-latinoland-a-portrait-of-americas-largest-and-least-understood-minority","title":"Arana Marie - Latinoland A Portrait Of America's Largest And Least Understood Minority - Hardcover","description":"Binding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\nDescription: A perfect representation of Latino diversity (The Washington Post) Latino Land draws from hundreds of interviews and prodigious research to give us both a vibrant portrait and the little - known history of our largest and fastest - growing minority in a work of prophecy sympathy and courage (Junot D az Pulitzer Prize winning author). Latino Land is an exceptional all - encompassing overview of Hispanic America based on personal interviews deep research and Marie Arana's life experience as a Latina. At present Latinos comprise twenty percent of the US population a number that is growing. By 2050, census reports project that one in every three Americans will claim Latino heritage. But Latinos are not a monolith. They do not represent a single group. The largest groups are Mexicans Puerto Ricans Dominicans Salvadorans and Cubans. Each has a different cultural and political background. Puerto Ricans for example are US citizens whereas some Mexican Americans never immigrated because the US - Mexico border shifted after the US invasion of 1848, incorporating what is now the entire southwest of the United States. Cubans came in two great waves: those escaping communism in the early years of Castro many of whom were professionals and wealthy and those permitted to leave in the Mariel boat lift twenty years later representing some of the poorest Cubans including prisoners. As Latino Land shows Latinos were some of the earliest immigrants to what is now the US some of them arriving in the 1500s. They are racially diverse a random infusion of white Black indigenous and Asian. Once overwhelmingly Catholic they are becoming increasingly Protestant and Evangelical. They range from domestic workers and day laborers to successful artists corporate CE Os and US senators. Formerly solidly Democratic they now vote Republican in growing numbers. They are as culturally varied as any immigrants from Europe or Asia. Marie Arana draws on her own experience as the daughter of an American mother and Peruvian father who came to the US at age nine straddling two worlds as many Latinos do. Thorough accessible and necessary (Ms. magazine) Latino Land unabashedly celebrates Latino resilience and character and shows us why we must understand the fastest - growing minority in America.\u003cbr\u003e\nTitle: Latinoland A Portrait Of America's Largest And Least Understood Minority\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor(s): Arana Marie\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\nBarcode: 9781982184896\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 576 Pages\u003cbr\u003e\nLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003e\nPublication Date: 2\/20\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\nCategory: Hispanic \u0026amp; Latino Studies","brand":"Arana Marie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49627600257329,"sku":"IN-G-9781982184896","price":25.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/6759\/9594\/files\/9781982184896.jpg?v=1724973202","url":"https:\/\/bookdelivered.com\/products\/9781982184896-latinoland-a-portrait-of-americas-largest-and-least-understood-minority","provider":"Book Delivered","version":"1.0","type":"link"}