Mexicans and Mexican Americans in Michigan /

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Unlike most of their immigrant counterparts, up until the turn of the twentieth century most Mexicans and Mexican Americans did not settle permanently in Michigan but were seasonal laborers, returning to homes in the southwestern United States or Mexico in the winter. Nevertheless, during the past c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alvarado, Rudolph
Other Authors: Alvarado, Sonya
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, 2003.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social conditions
Mexicans > Social conditions.
Mexicans.
Mexican Americans > Social conditions.
Mexican Americans.
Immigrants.
Ethnic relations.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Mexicains > Michigan > Conditions sociales.
Mexicains > Michigan > Histoire.
Americains d'origine mexicaine > Michigan > Conditions sociales.
Americains d'origine mexicaine > Michigan > Histoire.
Immigrants > Michigan > History.
Mexicans > Michigan > Social conditions.
Mexicans > Michigan > History.
Mexican Americans > Michigan > Social conditions.
Mexican Americans > Michigan > History.
Michigan.
Michigan > Conditions sociales.
Michigan > Relations interethniques.
Michigan > Social conditions.
Michigan > Ethnic relations.
History.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
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Summary:Unlike most of their immigrant counterparts, up until the turn of the twentieth century most Mexicans and Mexican Americans did not settle permanently in Michigan but were seasonal laborers, returning to homes in the southwestern United States or Mexico in the winter. Nevertheless, during the past century the number of Mexicans and Mexican Americans settling in Michigan has increased dramatically, and today Michigan is undergoing its third "great wave" of Mexican immigration. Though many Mexican and Mexican American immigrants still come to Michigan seeking work on farms, many other.
Physical Description:1 online resource (110 pages): illustrations, map
ISBN:9780870138850

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