Steel Barrio The Great Mexican Migration to South Chicago, 1915-1940

Name: Steel Barrio The Great Mexican Migration to South Chicago, 1915-1940
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ISBN: 9780814724651

ISBN-10: 0814724655

ISBN-13: 9780814724651

Edition: 2013

Authors: Michael Innis-Jimï¿½nez, Michael Innis-Jimï¿½nez

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"The richly documented history of Mexican South Chicago here yields a sophisticated, rounded, and compelling study of the evolution of an immigrant place. Attentive to structural factors shaping migration and assimilation, Innis-Jiménez also tells textured human stories of the work, play, and solidarity that created and recreated an enduring community, snatching life from discrimination and hardship."—David Roediger, University of Illinois Since the early twentieth century, thousands of Mexican Americans have lived, worked, and formed communities in Chicago’s steel mill neighborhoods. Drawing on individual stories and oral histories, Michael Innis-Jiménez tells the story of a vibrant,…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: New York University Press
Publication date: 6/24/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 248
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.858

Michael Innis-Jimï¿½nez is a native of Laredo, Texas and Assistant Professor in the Department of American Studies at the University of Alabama. He lives in Tuscaloosa where he working on his next book on Latino/a immigration to the American South.ï¿½ï¿½

Michael Innis-Jimï¿½nez is Associate Professor in the Department of American Studies at the University of Alabama.



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Migration



Mexico and the United States



Finding Work



People and Patterns



Community



Home and Work



Great and Small



Resistance



Endurance



The Great Depression



Teamwork


Epilogue


Notes


Bibliography


Index


About the Author