America's Americans: Population Issues in U.S. Society and Politics

America's Americans: Population Issues in U.S. Society and Politics

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Format:  Paperback
Pages:  400
Publisher:  University of London Institute of Latin American Studies
Year:  2007
ISBN:  9781900039796

This book examines the social, cultural, economic, and political effects of modern demographic change in the United States. The contributors from the U.S. and the U.K. draw on new research to analyze a wide range of issues pertaining to the diversity of American society.

Topics include:
Latino immigrant incorporation
  • racial and ethnic integration in metropolitan contexts
  • population self-determination, and Native Americans
  • public policy issues relating to immigration
  • growth of the U.S. prison population
  • changing nature of poverty in the United States
  • politics of demographic and social change at national and local levels
  • historical change in the labor force participation of women

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