| Brown in the Windy City: Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in Postwar Chicago Contributor(s): Fernández, Lilia (Author) |
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ISBN: 022621284X ISBN-13: 9780226212845 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $31.68 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - History | Latin America - General - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Hispanic American Studies |
| Dewey: 305.896 |
| Series: Historical Studies of Urban America (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.20 lbs) 392 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic - Cultural Region - Latin America - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Brown in the Windy City is the first history to examine the migration and settlement of Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in postwar Chicago. Lilia Fernández reveals how the two populations arrived in Chicago in the midst of tremendous social and economic change and, in spite of declining industrial employment and massive urban renewal projects, managed to carve out a geographic and racial place in one of America's great cities. Through their experiences in the city's central neighborhoods over the course of these three decades, Fernández demonstrates how Mexicans and Puerto Ricans collectively articulated a distinct racial position in Chicago, one that was flexible and fluid, neither black nor white.
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Contributor Bio(s): Fernandez, Lilia: - Lilia Fernandez is Henry Rutgers Term Chair in the Latino and Caribbean Studies and History departments at Rutgers University |