THE LATINO EXPERIENCE ON THE GREAT PLAINS
HISTORY and CULTURE
INTRODUCTION: Latinos on the Great Plains: An Overview
Refugio Rochin
Attitudes of Selected Latino Oldtimers Toward Newcomers: A Photo Elicitation Study
D.A. Lopez
HEALTH and NUTRITION
Health-Care Utilization and the Status of Latinos in Rural Meat-Processing Communities
Joe Blankenau, Joni Boye-Beaman, and Keith Mueller
The Use of an Ethnic Food Frequency Questionnaire among Hispanic Women
Linda S. Boeckner, Susan A. Jordan, and Marilynn I. Schnepf
ECONOMICS and EMPLOYMENT
Global Forces and Latino Population Growth in the Midwest: A Regional and Subregional Analysis
Lourdes Gouveia and Rogelio Saenz
Death and Disability in the Heartland: Corporate (Mis)Conduct, Regulatory Responses, and the Plight of Latino Workers in the Meatpacking Industry
Ana-Maria Wahl, Steven E. Gunkel, and Thomas W. Sanchez
PARADIGMS and DIRECTIONS
The Latino Research Initiative: A Multidisciplinary and Collaborative Community-University Outreach and Scholarship Model
Gloria Gonzalez-Kruger, Byron L. Zamboanga, Gustavo Carlo, Marcela Raffaelli, Miguel A. Carranza, David J. Hansen, Rodrigo Cantarero, and Joel Gajardo
Rethinking Human Services for Latinos in the Plains: New Paradigms and Recommendations for Practice
Robert P. Moreno, Lawrence P. Hernandez, Jennifer D. Schroeder, and Ani Yazedjian
COMMENTARY
The Role of Research and Scholarship in Enhancing the Quality of Life for Latinos on the Great Plains
Miguel A. Carranza, Gustavo Carlo, and Maria Rosario T. de Guzman
BOOK REVIEWS
Gracia, Jorge J.E.
Hispanic/Latino Identity: A Philosophical Perspective
By Alberto Lopez Pulido
Gonzales, Manuel G., and Cynthia M. Gonzales, eds.
En Aquel Entonces: Readings in Mexican-American History
By Jorge Iber
Gonzales-Berry, Erlinda, and David R. Maciel, eds.
The Contested Homeland: A Chicano History of New Mexico
By Armando C. Alonzo
Lopez Pulido, Alberto
The Sacred World of the Penitentes
By Gustavo L. Paz
Meier, Matt S., and Margo Gutierrez
Encyclopedia of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement
By Ralph H. Vigil
Koss-Chioino, Joan D., and Luis A. Vargas
Working with Latino Youth: Culture, Development, and Context
By Fernando I. Rivera
Fink, Deborah
Cutting into the Meatpacking Line: Workers and Change in the Rural Midwest
By Philip Garcia
Kiy, Richard, and John D. Wirth, eds.
Environmental Management on North America's Borders
By J. Gordon Nelson
Ricketts, Taylor H., and Eric Dinerstein, et al.
Terrestrial Ecoregions of North America: A Conservation Assessment
By O.W. Archibold
Pielou, E.C.
Fresh Water
By John Opie
Ashley, Jeffrey S., and Zachary A. Smith
Groundwater Management in the West
By David E. Kromm
Riley, Glenda
Women and Nature: Saving the "Wild" West
By Diane Glancy
News and Notes
Index