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April 30, 1999
 

Latin American Princeton/Princeton latinoamericano

Now Available

University Students Publish Book Depicting Experiences of Latin American Immigrants in Princeton, New Jersey

Princeton, N.J. -- Eighty students at Princeton University have contributed to the publication of Latin American Princeton/Princeton latinoamericano, a book that presents the lives of Latin Americans in Princeton through oral histories, interviews with public leaders, and official statistics. It is a printed record of experiences for the rapidly growing Latin American community of Princeton and an invitation to those outside that community to learn more about it.

The volume is divided into two parts. The first, entitled "Sociological Perspectives on Latinos in Princeton," is a joint research project conducted in the spring of 1997 by Princeton undergraduates enrolled in Professor Miguel Centeno's course, "The Sociology of Latinos in the United States. " In an effort to relate the course materials to local conditions, students were encouraged in their final projects to explore a wide range of topics regarding Latin Americans in the Princeton area, which were then compiled into a composite report published in this volume.

The second part, entitled "Documentos: Histories of Latin American Princeton/Documentos: historias de Princeton latinoamericano," is a bilingual collection of 12 extensive interviews with Latin American immigrants conducted by the student group Apoyo/Princeton Immigrant Rights League during the 1997-98 academic year. The oral history project's goal was to convey the diverse stories of Latin Americans in Princeton by allowing them to tell those stories in their own words, which were then transcribed, edited, and translated into English.

Latin American Princeton/Princeton latinoamericano is free to the public. Single copies can be picked up at the offices of Community House, located at 86 Olden Street, or at the offices of the Program in Latin American Studies, located at the Joseph Henry House on the Princeton University campus.

Also, the book can be obtained for free in an electronic format on the World Wide Web. It is available in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format at:

http://www.princeton.edu/plasweb/apoyo/

Photos from the book are on the Princeton University Web site at:
http://www.princeton.edu/pr/pictures/99/latin/

 

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