Portuguese in the Americas Series - Portuguese-Americans and Contemporary Civic Culture in Massachusetts

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The Portuguese in the Americas Series aims to contribute to the growing field of Portuguese-American Studies. The Series documents the variety and complexity of the Portuguese-American experience by publishing works in the social sciences, history and literature.

Portuguese-Americans and Contemporary Civic Culture in Massachusetts

Clyde W. Barrow

Clyde W. Barrow received his Ph.D. in Political Science from the U of California Los Angeles in 1984. Dr. Barrow specializes in political economy and public policy. He is currently a professor at the U of Massachusetts Dartmouth and has served as Director of the instituition's Center for Policy Analysis since 1993.

A collected volume on the political perspectives of Portuguese-Americans in Massachusetts that examines attitudes to such key issues as education andforeign language instruction, the economy and access to jobs and mobility, and a range of other social issues such as immigration policy, abortion, and school prayer.

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2002 . 211 pages . Paper $20
ISBN 0-9722561-0-5

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