As part of National Hispanic Heritage Month, we recognize Hispanic and Latino Americans’ current contributions–and current struggles–in the United States. Learn more at #HispanicHeritage Month. By Barbara Davenport, author of Grit and Hope: A Year …
Read More >Happy National Hispanic Heritage Month! From September 15 to October 15, we recognize Hispanic and Latino Americans, celebrating the heritage, the culture, and the important role these diverse peoples play in the history of the United States. This month, we’ve prepared …
Read More >by Emily Yates-Doerr, author of The Weight of Obesity: Hunger and Global Health in Postwar Guatemala This guest post is published to coincide with the joint 2016 Society for Social Studies of Science/European Association …
Read More >by Arlene Dàvila, author of El Mall: The Spatial and Class Politics of Shopping Malls in Latin America This guest post is published in advance of the American Sociological Association conference in …
Read More >by Jeffrey Lesser, editor of Global Latin America: Into the Twenty-First Century This guest post is published in advance of the American Sociological Association conference in Seattle. Check back every week for new posts …
Read More >By Barbara Davenport, author of Grit and Hope: A Year with Five Latino Students and the Program That Helped Them Aim for College This guest post is published in advance of the …
Read More >Whether you plan to spend your summer protesting for change or lounging by the pool (or both), there’s no bad time to enlighten yourself to the injustices of the world and to read …
Read More >Yet again, immigration has become a pivotal issue in the elections. Presidential candidates have shared their varying stances. And in response, many Latinos did their best to register to vote despite various …
Read More >By Keith Guzik, author of Making Things Stick: Surveillance Technologies and Mexico’s War on Crime This guest post is published in conjunction with the Law and Society Association annual conference in New Orleans, occurring June …
Read More >UC Press is pleased to present Beyond the Walled City: Colonial Exclusion in Havana, the first book by Guadalupe García. Havana has recently become the center of media attention as one of the …
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