The new face of small-town America : snapshots of Latino life in Allentown, Pennsylvania
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The new face of small-town America : snapshots of Latino life in Allentown, Pennsylvania
（Keystone books）
Pennsylvania State University Press, c2010
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Description
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.
Table of Contents
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. The Ritual
2. A Principal Duty
3. Spanish Sound Bites
4. Home Away from Home
5. Little Hero
6. Music to Their Ears
7. Priceless
8. The Fearful Side of Business
9. Side by Side
10. Blatinos
11. Julio
12. Colorful Pages
13. ABCs
14. Grading the Parents
15. Latino Medicine
16. Hooked on Telenovelas
17. A Step Behind
18. City Boys
19. Spanglish
20. The World Trade Connection
21. Latinos Again
22. One Man, One Mission
23. Down to Business
24. Airwave Wars
25. Goooaaalll!!!
26. Unfulfilled Dreams
27. A Rich Life
28. Liberty and Justice for All
29. Man of the Cross
30. Full Circle
31. Finding the Inner Snowman
Appendix
Index
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