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Author Fernandez, Lilia.

Title Brown in the Windy City : Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in postwar Chicago / Lilia Fernandez.

Publication Info. Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2012.

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 376 pages) : illustrations, maps.
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Series Historical studies in urban America
Historical studies of urban America.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Mexican and Puerto Rican labor migration to Chicago -- Putting down roots: Mexican and Puerto Rican settlement on the near west side, 1940-60 -- Race, class, housing, and urban renewal: dismantling the near west side -- Pushing Puerto Ricans around: urban renewal, race and neighborhood change -- The evolution of the Young Lords organization: From street gang to revolutionaries -- From Eighteenth Street to La Dieciocho: neighborhood transformation in the age of the chicano movement -- The limits of nationalism: women's activism and the founding of Mujeres Latinas en Acción -- Conclusion.
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Summary Like other industrial cities in the postwar period, Chicago underwent the dramatic population shifts that radically changed the complexion of the urban north. As African American populations grew and white communities declined throughout the 1960s and '70s, Mexicans and Puerto Ricans migrated to the city, adding a complex layer to local racial dynamics. Brown in the Windy City is the first history to examine the migration and settlement of Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in the postwar era. Here, Lilia Fernandez reveals how the two populations arrived in Chicago in the midst of tremendous s.
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Subject Young Lords (Organization)
Mujeres Latinas en Acción -- History.
Mujeres Latinas en Acción. (OCoLC)fst00732840
Young Lords (Organization) (OCoLC)fst00675237
Mujeres Latinas en Acción.
Mexicans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century.
Mexican Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century.
Puerto Ricans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century.
Hispanic American neighborhoods -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century.
Near West Side (Chicago, Ill.) -- History -- 20th century.
Pilsen (Chicago, Ill.) -- History -- 20th century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Black Studies (Global)
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies.
Hispanic American neighborhoods. (OCoLC)fst00957426
Mexican Americans. (OCoLC)fst01019072
Mexicans. (OCoLC)fst01019244
Puerto Ricans. (OCoLC)fst01083707
Illinois -- Chicago. (OCoLC)fst01204048
Illinois -- Chicago -- Near West Side. (OCoLC)fst01323535
Illinois -- Chicago -- Pilsen. (OCoLC)fst01327778
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic book.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Fernandez, Lilia. Brown in the Windy City. Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2012 9780226244259 (DLC) 2012007979 (OCoLC)778991063
ISBN 9780226244280 (electronic bk.)
0226244288 (electronic bk.)
9780226244259
0226244253
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