Latinos in New England

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Contents List of Tables and Figures vii Acknowledgments ix Latinos in New England: An Introduction 1 Andrés Torres Part I: Demographic Trends, Socioeconomic Issues 1 Latino New England: An Emerging Demographic and Economic Portrait 25 Enrico A. Marcelli and Phillip J. Granberry 2 Immigration Status, Employment, and Eligibility for Public Benefits among Latin American Immigrants in Massachusetts 53 Miren Uriarte, Phillip J. Granberry, and Megan Halloran 3 Latino Shelter Poverty in Massachusetts 79 Michael E. Stone Part II: Migration and Community Formation 4 Mofongo Meets Mangú: Dominicans Reconfigure Latino Waterbury 103 Ruth Glasser 5 Growing into Power in Rhode Island 125 Miren Uriarte 6 Quiet Crisis: A Community History of Latinos in Cambridge, Massachusetts 149 Deborah Pacini Hernandez 7 Latinos in New Hampshire: Enclaves, Diasporas, and an Emerging Middle Class 171 Yoel Camayd-Freixas, Gerald Karush, and Nelly Lejter 8 Brazilians in Massachusetts: Migration, Identity, and Work 187 C. Eduardo Siqueira and Cileine de Lourenço 9 Latino Catholics in New England 203 Hosffman Ospino Part III: Identity and Politics 10 Descriptive Representation, Political Alienation, and Political Trust: The Case of Latinos in Connecticut 225 Adrian D. Pantoja 11 Latino Politics in Connecticut: Between Political Representation and Policy Responsiveness 237 José E. Cruz 12 Immigrant Incorporation among Dominicans in Providence, Rhode Island: An Intergenerational Perspective 253 José Itzigsohn 13 Politics, Ethnicity, and Bilingual Education in Massachusetts: The Case of Referendum Question 2 273 Jorge Capetillo-Ponce and Robert Kramer 14 The Evolving State of Latino Politics in New England 291 Amı´lcar Antonio Barreto Selected Bibliography 311 Notes on Contributors 315 Index 319 Photographs follow page 222 vi Contents ...