Apple Pie and Enchiladas Latino Newcomers in the Rural Midwest

Name: Apple Pie and Enchiladas Latino Newcomers in the Rural Midwest
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ISBN: 9780292705685

ISBN-10: 0292705689

ISBN-13: 9780292705685

Edition: 2004

Authors: Ann V. Millard, Jorge Chapa, Catalina Burillo

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The sudden influx of significant numbers of Latinos to the rural Midwest stems from the recruitment of workers by food processing plants and small factories springing up in rural areas. Mostly they work at back-breaking jobs that local residents are not willing to take because of the low wages and few benefits. The region has become the scene of dramatic change involving major issues facing our countrythe intertwining of ethnic differences, prejudice, and poverty; the social impact of a low-wage workforce resulting from corporate transformations; and public policy questions dealing with economic development, taxation, and welfare payments. In this thorough multidisciplinary study, the…

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List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 1/1/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 308
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Ann V. Millard is Associate Professor at the South Texas Center in McAllen, Texas, a site of the School of Rural Public Health, Texas A&M University System Health Science Center.



Preface


Acknowledgments



Aquiacute; in the Midwest [Here in the Midwest]




Ten Myths about Latinos




Latinos in the Rural Midwest: The Twentieth-Century Historical Context Leading to Contemporary Challenges




The Battle for Chapita Hills




Latinos and the Changing Demographic Fabric of the Rural Midwest




Emergency Medicine and Latino Newcomers



Research Overview: The Rural Midwestern Context and Qualitative Methods




Local Police, the INS, and "Churning Bad Public Opinion"




"Not Racist like Our Parents": Anti-Latino Prejudice and Institutional Discrimination




On the Line: Jobs in Food Processing and the Local Economy (




Mexicans, Americans, and Neither: Students at Wheelerton High




The Virgin of Guadalupe: Admittance in Question




"To Be with My People": Latino Churches in the Rural Midwest




The "Mexican Situation" and the Mayor's Race




E Pluribus Unum? Discussion, Conclusions, and Policy Implications




Methods Used in the Community Studies




Interview Guide for Community Study in Fox and Mapleville




Focus Group Questions, Fall County, Michigan



Notes


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