BookBrown in the Windy City : Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in Postwar Chicago
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Main title
- Brown in the Windy City : Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in Postwar Chicago / Lilia Fernandez.
Published/Produced
- Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2012.
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Description
- xii, 376 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
ISBN
- 9780226244259 (cloth : alkaline paper)
- 0226244253 (cloth : alkaline paper)
LC classification
- F548.9.M5 F47 2012
Contents
- Mexican and Puerto Rican labor migration to Chicago -- Putting down roots: Mexican and Puerto Rican settlement on the near west side, 1940-60 -- Race, class, housing, and urban renewal: dismantling the near west side -- Pushing Puerto Ricans around: urban renewal, race and neighborhood change -- The evolution of the Young Lords organization: From street gang to revolutionaries -- From Eighteenth Street to La Dieciocho: neighborhood transformation in the age of the chicano movement -- The limits of nationalism: women's activism and the founding of Mujeres Latinas en Acción -- Conclusion.
LC Subjects
- Young Lords (Organization)
- Mujeres Latinas en Acción--History.
- Mexicans--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century.
- Mexican Americans--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century.
- Puerto Ricans--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century.
- Hispanic American neighborhoods--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century.
- Near West Side (Chicago, Ill.)--History--20th century.
- Pilsen (Chicago, Ill.)--History--20th century.
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Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-348) and index.
Series
- Historical studies in urban America
LCCN
- 2012007979
Dewey class no.
- 305.89/6872077311
Geographic area code
- n-us-il
Invalid ISBN
- 9780226244280 (e-book)
- 0226244288 (e-book)
Type of material
- Book
Content type
- text
Media type
- unmediated
Carrier type
- volume
Item Availability
CALL NUMBER
- F548.9.M5 F47 2012
- Copy 1
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- Not Charged
