Village of Immigrants: Latinos in an Emerging America

Greenport, New York, a village on the North Fork of Long Island, has become an exemplar of a little—noted national trend—immigrants spreading beyond the big coastal cities, driving much of rural population growth nationally. In Village of Immigrants, Diana R. Gordon illustrates how small—town America has been revitalized by the arrival of these immigrants in Greenport, where she lives.

Greenport today boasts a population that is one—third Hispanic. Gordon contends that these immigrants hav...