Hispanics in the United States Bergad Klein Hardback Cambridge University Press

Hispanics in the United StatesA Demographic, Social, and Economic History, 19802005\nAuthor(s): Laird W. Bergad, Herbert S. Klein\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521889537, 978-0521889537\nSynopsis\nIn 1980 the US government began to systematically collect data on Hispanics. By 2005 the Latino population of the United States had become the nation's largest minority and is projected to comprise about one-third of the total US population in 2050. Utilizing census data and other statistical source materials, this book examines the transformations in the demographic, social, and economic structures of Latino-Americans in the United States between 1980 and 2005. Unlike most other studies, this book presents data on transformations over time, rather than a static portrait of specific topics at particular moments. Latino-Americans are examined over this twenty-five year period in terms of their demog.