Latinas in the United States - A Historical Encyclopedia

A comprehensive, historical encyclopedia that covers the full range of Latina economic, political, and cultural life in the United States.

About the author

Vicki L. Ruiz is Professor of History and Chicano/Latino Studies at the University of California, Irvine. Her many publications include From Out of the Shadows and Cannery Women, Cannery Lives. She and Virginia Sanchez-Korrol were honored with a "21 Leaders for the 21st Century" award by Women's eNews. Ruiz is president of the Organization of American Historians.Virginia Sanchez-Korrol is a historian and Professor in the Department of Puerto Rican and Latino Studies at Brooklyn College, City University of New York. Among her many publications, she is co-editor with Vicki L. Ruiz of Latina Legacies: Identity, Biography and Community; co-author of Women in Latin America and the Caribbean (IUP, 1999); and author of From Colonia to Community.

Product details

• Authors: Vicki L. (EDT)/ Sanchez Korrol Ruiz
• Assisted by: Virginia Sanchez Korrol (Editor), Vicki L. Ruiz (Editor), Virginia Sanchez Korrol (Editor)
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2006
• EAN: 9780253346803
• ISBN: 978-0-253-34680-3
• No. of pages: 885
• Dimensions: 235 mm x 286 mm x 76 mm
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)