Apple Pie and Enchiladas : : Latino Newcomers in the Rural Midwest /

Apple Pie and Enchiladas : : Latino Newcomers in the Rural Midwest / / Jorge Chapa, Ann V. Millard.

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 f...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
VerfasserIn:
Millard, Ann V.,
Chapa, Jorge,
MitwirkendeR:
Burillo, Catalina,
Chapa, Jorge,
Crane, Ken R.,
Isidore, Flores,
Jefferds, Maríaelena D.,
McConnell, Eileen Diaz,
Millard, Ann V.,
Rochín, Refugio I.,
Saenz, Rogelio,
Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©2004
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (308 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Tables
  • Figures
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1
  • Aquí in the Midwest [Here in the Midwest]
  • En Pocas Palabras [In a Few Words] I. Ten Myths about Latinos
  • Chapter 2
  • Latinos in the Rural Midwest: The Twentieth-Century Historical Context Leading to Contemporary Challenges
  • En Pocas Palabras II. The Battle for Chapita Hills
  • Chapter 3
  • Latinos and the Changing Demographic Fabric of the Rural Midwest
  • En Pocas Palabras III. Emergency Medicine and Latino Newcomers
  • Chapter 4
  • Research Overview: The Rural Midwestern Context and Qualitative Methods
  • En Pocas Palabras IV. Local Police, the INS, and “Churning Bad Public Opinion,”
  • Chapter 5
  • “Not Racist like Our Parents”: Anti-Latino Prejudice and Institutional Discrimination
  • Chapter 6
  • On the Line: Jobs in Food Processing and the Local Economy
  • Chapter 7
  • Mexicans, Americans, and Neither: Students at Wheelerton High
  • En Pocas Palabras V. The Virgin of Guadalupe: Admittance in Question
  • Chapter 8
  • “To Be with My People”: Latino Churches in the Rural Midwest
  • En Pocas Palabras VI. The “Mexican Situation” and the Mayor’s Race
  • Chapter 9
  • E Pluribus Unum? Discussion, Conclusions, and Policy Implications
  • Appendix A. Methods Used in the Community Studies
  • Appendix B. Interview Guide for Community Study in Fox and Mapleville, Michigan
  • Appendix C. Focus Group Questions, Fall County, Michigan
  • Notes,
  • References Cited
  • Index

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