Great Plains Research 10:2

Great Plains Research 10:2

Edited by Svata M. Louda

Table Of Contents

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