City of dreams : Latino immigration to Chicago / Wilfredo Cruz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cruz, Wilfredo, 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hispanic Americans--Illinois--Chicago.

Hispanic Americans.

Immigrants--Illinois--Chicago.

Immigrants.

Chicago (Ill.)--Emigration and immigration.

Chicago (Ill.).

Chicago (Ill.)--Ethnic relations.

Illinois--Chicago.

Physical Description:

vii, 230 pages : map ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : University Press of America, 2007.

Summary:

City of Dreams: Latino Immigration to Chicago uses extensive oral interviews combined with scholarly documentation to richly describe the social history of the Mexican, Puerto Rican, Guatemalan, Salvadoran, and Cuban groups in Chicago. Drawing on the stories of one hundred diverse Latinos, this work attempts to give the largest minority population in America a voice, showing how they view themselves and their immigration experiences. This book, while discussing the reasons for immigration, focuses on the adjustments and adaptations of each Latino group; their aspirations; obstacles; relations with other ethnic groups; and overall survival in a new and sometimes hostile American city.

Contents:

Mexicans

Puerto Ricans

Guatemalans and Salvadorans

Cubans.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [205]-220) and index.

ISBN:

0761838201

9780761838203

OCLC:

144610046