Introduction I. History, Migrations, and Communities "Y tu que?" Latino History in the New Millennium George J. Sanchez Islands and Enclaves: Caribbean Latinos in Historical Perspective Juan Flores Power and Identity: Miami Cubans Alex Stepick and Carol Dutton Stepick Commentary: John H. Coatsworth Community Dynamics and the Rise of Street Gangs Diego Vigil Gender, Ethnicity, and Race in School and Work Outcomes of Second Generation Mexican Americans Robert C. Smith Unions and Latinos: Mutual Transformation John Trumphour and Elaine Bernard Commentary: Merilee S. Grindle Ambivalent Reception: Mass Public Responses to the "New" Latino Immigration to the United States Wayne A. Cornelius Resurrecting Exclusion: The effects of 1996 U.S. Immigration Reform on Communities and Families in Texas, El Salvador, and Mexico Jacqueline Hagan and Nestor Rodriguez Two Nations Under God?--Latino Religious Life in the US Peggy Levitt Commentary: Mary Waters II. Health, Families, Languages, Education, and Politics The Latino Health Research Agenda for the 21st Century David E. Hayes-Bautista Latinos' Access to Employment-Based Health Insurance E. Richard Brown and Hongjian Yu Commentary: Paul Farmer Families on the Frontier: From Braceros in the Fields to Braceras in the Home Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo Ambiguous Loss: Risk and Resilience in Latino Immigrant Families Celia Jaes Falicov The Plasticity of Culture and Psychodynamic and Psychosocial Processes in Latino Immigrant Families Ricardo C. Ainslie Commentary: Carola Suarez-Orozco Bilingual Infants: Mapping the Research Agenda Barbara Zurer Pearson Latin@ Languages and Identities Ana Celia Zentella Learning English in California: Guideposts for the Nation Patricia Gandara Commentary: Maria S. Carlo and Catherine E. Snow The Schooling of Latino Children Luis C. Moll and Richard Ruiz Affirmative Action, X% Plans and Latinos Access to Higher Education in The Twenty-First Century Jorge Chapa Commentary: Gary Orfield Forever Seen as New: Latino Participation in American Elections Louis DeSipio and Rodolfo O. de la Garza Gender and Citizenship in Latino Political Participation Lisa J. Montoya Commentary: Jorge I. Dominguez Epilogue: Problematic Paradigms: Racial Diversity and Corporate Identity in the Latino Community Silvio Torres-Saillant Afterword: American Projections Doris Sommer

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