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

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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, the author tells the story of a vibrant, active community that continues to play a central role i...

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Main Author: Innis-Jimenez, Michael (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Working class > Social conditions.
Steel industry and trade.
Mexican Americans.
Immigrants > Social conditions.
Emigration and immigration.
HISTORY > Latin America > Mexico.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Black Studies (Global)
Travailleurs > Illinois > Chicago > Conditions sociales > 20e siecle.
Americains d'origine mexicaine > Illinois > Chicago > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Steel industry and trade > Illinois > Chicago > History > 20th century.
Working class > Illinois > Chicago > Social conditions > 20th century.
Immigrants > Illinois > Chicago > Social conditions > 20th century.
Mexican Americans > Illinois > Chicago > History > 20th century.
Mexico.
Illinois > Chicago > South Chicago.
Illinois > Chicago.
Chicago (Ill.) > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Chicago (Ill.) > History > 20th century.
South Chicago (Chicago, Ill.) > History > 20th century.
Mexico > Emigration and immigration > History > 20th century.
Chicago (Ill.) > Emigration and immigration > History > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Migration. Mexico and the United States ; Finding Work ; People and Patterns
  • Community. Home and Work ; Great and Small ; Resistance
  • Endurance. The Great Depression ; Teamwork.

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