Apple pie & enchiladas : Latino newcomers in the rural Midwest / [edited by] Ann V. Millard and Jorge Chapa, with Catalina Burillo ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Millard, Ann V.

Chapa, Jorge, 1953-

Burillo, Catalina.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hispanic Americans--Middle West--Social conditions.

Hispanic Americans.

Community life--Middle West.

Community life.

Immigrants--Middle West--Social conditions.

Immigrants.

Migration, Internal--United States.

Migration, Internal.

Ethnic relations.

Rural conditions.

Social conditions.

United States.

Middle West--Rural conditions.

Middle West.

Middle West--Ethnic relations.

Physical Description:

xiii, 276 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Apple pie and enchiladas

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2004.

Summary:

In this thorough multidisciplinary study, the authors explore both sides of this ethnic divide and provide the first volume to focus comprehensively on Latinos in the region by linking demographic and qualitative analysis to describe what brings Latinos to the area and how they are being accommodated in their new communities. The fact is that many Midwestern communities would be losing population and facing a dearth of workers if not for Latino newcomers. This finding adds another layer of social and economic complexity to the region' s changing place in the global economy. The authors look at how Latinos fit into an already fractured social landscape with tensions among townspeople, farmers, and others. The authors also reveal the optimism that lies in the opposition of many Anglos to ethnic prejudice and racism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-261) and index.

ISBN:

0292702779

0292705689

OCLC:

54852616

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