ISBN: 9780271060828

Allentown, Pennsylvania, is a small city located along the Lehigh River in the eastern part of the state. Once the hiding place of the Liberty Bell, Allentown has become a popular destina… Mehr…

Allentown, Pennsylvania, is a small city located along the Lehigh River in the eastern part of the state. Once the hiding place of the Liberty Bell, Allentown has become a popular destination for Latino immigrants. These Latinos, mostly from Puerto Rico, now make up about a quarter of the city’s population, and their numbers continue to grow. The thirty-one stories collected in The New Face of Small-Town America do not reflect the reality of Allentown alone. With U. S. Census figures showing the arrival of Latinos in more small American cities than ever before, Allentown will continue to serve as an example. These small cities have already experienced, or are about to experience, the transformation Allentown saw. Few communities embrace such change. It is only when one becomes familiar with a foreign concept (or foreigners) that fear disappears and understanding begins. Edgar Sandoval’s essays show that behind the accents, ethnic customs, and other cultural differences exists a common humanity with universal problems and dreams. The Latinos profiled here want what everybody else wants: to fit in, to prosper, to offer their children a better future, to be recognized as important members of society by the mainstream. They want to coexist. These stories are not just about Latinos in Allentown, after all; they are about Latinos everywhere. | The New Face of Small-Town America by Edgar Sandoval Paperback | Indigo Chapters Books > Social Science > Race & Ethnicity > Hispanic & Latinx P10102, Edgar Sandoval<

ISBN: 9780271060828

Allentown, Pennsylvania, is a small city located along the Lehigh River in the eastern part of the state. Once the hiding place of the Liberty Bell, Allentown has become a popular destina… Mehr…

Allentown, Pennsylvania, is a small city located along the Lehigh River in the eastern part of the state. Once the hiding place of the Liberty Bell, Allentown has become a popular destination for Latino immigrants. These Latinos, mostly from Puerto Rico, now make up about a quarter of the city&;s population, and their numbers continue to grow. The thirty-one stories collected in The New Face of Small-Town America do not reflect the reality of Allentown alone. With U.S. Census figures showing the arrival of Latinos in more small American cities than ever before, Allentown will continue to serve as an example. These small cities have already experienced, or are about to experience, the transformation Allentown saw. Few communities embrace such change. It is only when one becomes familiar with a foreign concept (or foreigners) that fear disappears and understanding begins. Edgar Sandoval&;s essays show that behind the accents, ethnic customs, and other cultural differences exists a common humanity with universal problems and dreams. The Latinos profiled here want what everybody else wants: to fit in, to prosper, to offer their children a better future, to be recognized as important members of society by the mainstream. They want to coexist. These stories are not just about Latinos in Allentown, after all; they are about Latinos everywhere. Books, [PU: Pennsylvania State University Press]<

ISBN: 9780271060828

A collection of essays on the experiences of Latino immigrants in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Bücher > Fremdsprachige Bücher > Englische Bücher 229 x 152 x 12 mm , Pennsylvania St Univ Pr, … Mehr…

A collection of essays on the experiences of Latino immigrants in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Bücher > Fremdsprachige Bücher > Englische Bücher 229 x 152 x 12 mm , Pennsylvania St Univ Pr, Taschenbuch, Pennsylvania St Univ Pr<

ISBN: 9780271060828

Paperback, [PU: Pennsylvania State University Press], A collection of essays on the experiences of Latino immigrants in Allentown, Pennsylvania., History Of The Americas

2013, ISBN: 9780271060828

Snapshots of Latino Life in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Buch, Softcover, [PU: Pennsylvania State University Press], Pennsylvania State University Press, 2013