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

Steel Barrio : : The Great Mexican Migration to South Chicago, 1915-1940 / / Michael Innis-Jiménez.

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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, Michael Innis-Jiménez tells the story of a vibrant, active community that continues to play a central...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Innis-Jiménez, Michael,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2013]
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Series:Culture, Labor, History ; 10
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • I. Migration
  • 1. Mexico and the United States
  • 2. Finding Work
  • 3. People and Patterns
  • II. Community
  • 4. Home and Work
  • 5. Great and Small
  • 6. Resistance
  • III. Endurance
  • 7. The Great Depression
  • 8. Teamwork
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the author

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