Chicano and Latino Family Studies in U.S. Policy: COSSMHO’s Hispanic Families Edited by Miguel Montiel, 1978

The National Coalition of Hispanic Mental Health Human Services Organizations

First Edition

Montiel, Miguel. Hispanic Families. 1978. Examines Latino family structures, social service access, and mental health policy in the United States through a coordinated body of scholarly and advocacy writing produced during the post Civil Rights period. The volume supports research into Latinx social policy development, Chicano studies, and the emergence of culturally specific frameworks in public health and human services. Issued under the auspices of the National Coalition of Hispanic Mental Health and Human Services Organizations, the work brings together contributions addressing systemic inequality, acculturation pressures, and institutional exclusion, with sustained attention to how federal and local programs failed to accommodate linguistic, cultural, and familial structures within Hispanic communities.

Montiel, Miguel, ed. Hispanic Families: Critical Issues for Policy and Programs in Human Services. Washington, D.C.: The National Coalition of Hispanic Mental Health and Human Services Organizations, 1978. First edition. Perfect-bound in original cream-colored wrappers printed in brown with illustrations depicting Latino family life. The text is organized as a multi-author collection engaging topics including intergenerational caregiving patterns, bilingual education and communication barriers, urban Chicano identity formation, and dependency networks within extended families. Several essays address culturally competent service delivery, outlining the limitations of standardized welfare and mental health models when applied to Spanish-speaking populations. Contributors frame family units as central sites of continuity and adaptation, while also identifying institutional practices that marginalize or fragment these structures. The publication advances policy recommendations grounded in community-specific experience rather than assimilationist assumptions.

Single volume; pagination not stated. Original printed wrappers; no dust jacket as issued. Wraps lightly soiled with modest edgewear and several faint surface marks; minor creasing at lower front corner. Interior clean with firm binding. Overall very good. Early coordinated policy statement from a national Latino advocacy organization, documenting interdisciplinary efforts to redefine human services through culturally grounded analysis of Hispanic family life in the United States during the late twentieth century.

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Price: $225.00