Brown in the Windy City: Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in Postwar

Brown in the Windy City: Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in Postwar Chicago (Historical Studies of Urban America)

Brown in the Windy CityÂ is the first history to examine the migration and settlement of Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in postwar Chicago. Lilia FernÃ¡ndez 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 Americaâ€™s great cities. Through their experiences in the cityâ€™s central neighborhoods over the course of these three decades, FernÃ¡ndez 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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Country USA
Brand University of Chicago Press
Manufacturer University of Chicago Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 18 halftones, 9 maps, 13 tables
ReleaseDate 2014-07-21
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780226212845

Brown in the Windy City: Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in Postwar Chicago (Historical Studies of Urban America)