As the largest and youngest minority group in the United States, the 60 million Latinos living in the U.S. represent the secondlargest concentration of Hispanic people in the entire world, after Mexico. Needless to say, the population of Latinos in the U.S. is causing a shift, not only changing the demographic landscape of the country, but also impacting national culture, politics, and spoken language. While Latinos comprise a diverse minority group with various religious beliefs, political ideologies, and social valuescommentators on both sides of the political divide have lumped Latino Americans into a homogenous group that is often misunderstood. Latinos in the United States What Everyone Needs to Know(R) provides a wideranging, multifaceted exploration of Latino American history and culture, as well as the forces shaping this minority group in the U.S. From exploring the origins of the term "Latino" and examining what constitutes Latin America, to tracing topical issues like DREAMers, the mass incarceration of Latino males, and the controversial relationship between Latin America and the United States, Ilan Stavans seeks to understand the complexities and unique position of Latino Americans. Throughout he breaks down the various subgroups within the Latino minority (MexicanAmericans, DominicanAmericans, CubanAmericans, Puerto Ricans on the mainland, and so on), and the degree to which these groups constitute or dont a homogenous community, their history, and where...

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