Tienda, and the anonymous reviewers for detailed comments on earlier drafts of this chapter. We also thank all of our colleagues on the National Research Council panel to study Hispanics in the United States, as well as the panel's staff, for invaluable support, encouragement, and inspiration. Any remaining errors are attributable to the authors.

1 Università degli Studi di Milano, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra “A. Desio”, via Cicognara 7, I-20129 Milano, Italy; [email protected] (L.C.); [email protected] (A.C.); [email protected] (G.F.); [email protected] (C.V.) 2 CNR-IDPA (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto per la Dinamica dei Processi Ambientali), via Mario Bianco 9, I-20131 Mi...

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