La Nueva California: Latinos in the Golden State

By David E. Hayes-Bautista

Book Overview

Since late 2001 more than fifty percent of the babies born in California have been Latino. When these babies reach adulthood, they will, by sheer force of numbers, influence the course of the Golden... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520241460
• ISBN13: 9780520241466
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.7" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Great book!

Must read if you live in California or want a balanced, great view of Latinos here in the US. great book

a changing California

Hayes-Bautista offers an incisive look at the Latino experience in California since World War 2. He analyses the changing demographics, from when Latinos were only a small minority in 1940 to the present, when they constitute the largest minority by most measures. Part of this of course has some ambiguity. Latinos do not form a race, where even the latter term has fuzziness. We see how government workers and others have struggled over the very definition of Latino. And Latino itself is the preferred term, but other labels have applied. Mexican is frequently used in the text, though the reader is reminded that many are US-born citizens. Most of the text looks at the last 20 years. At issues often important to many Latinos. Immigration. But also assimilation. The subject of bilingual education, or not, arises. The book makes you appreciate a changing California.