xvi, 292 p, Includes bibliographical references and index, Introduction : why study Latino families? -- Demographic trends : past, present, and future -- How have Latinos been studied? -- The importance of education -- Girlhood to womanhood -- Boyhood to manhood -- Physical and mental well-being through adulthood -- Public service systems as sites of the reproduction of inequality -- Persistent images and changing perceptions in the twenty-first century -- Capturing the lives of Latinos in the United States : advancing the production of critical social science knowledge