Latin American migrations to the U.S. Heartland : changing social landscapes in Middle America / edited by Linda Allegro and Andrew Grant Wood.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Allegro, Linda.

Wood, Andrew Grant, 1958-

Series:

Working class in American history

The working class in American history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hispanic Americans--West North Central States--Social conditions.

Hispanic Americans.

Latin Americans--West North Central States--Social conditions.

Latin Americans.

Immigrants--West North Central States.

Immigrants.

Foreign workers--West North Central States.

Foreign workers.

Social change--West North Central States.

Social change.

Emigration and immigration.

Economic conditions.

Ethnic relations.

Social conditions.

West North Central States--Social conditions.

West North Central States.

West North Central States--Ethnic relations.

West North Central States--Economic conditions.

Latin America--Emigration and immigration.

Latin America.

West North Central States--Emigration and immigration.

United States--West North Central States.

Physical Description:

xiii, 319 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Other Title:

Latin American migrations to the US heartland

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2013]

Contents:

Introduction: Heartland north, heartland south / Linda Allegro and Andrew Grant Wood

Part I. Geographies in historical perspective

Mexicans in the United States : a longer view / Andrew Grant Wood

Betabeleros and the western Nebraska sugar industry : an early-twentieth-century history / Tisa M. Anders

Latinos and the churches in Idaho, 1950-2000 / Errol D. Jones

Part II. Contesting policy and legal boundaries

Seeing no evil : the H2A guest-worker program and state-mediated labor exploitation in rural North Carolina / Sandy Smith-Nonini

On removing migrant labor in a right-to-work state : the failure of employer sanctions in Oklahoma / Linda Allegro

Part III. Transnational identities and new landscapes of home

Rooted/uprooted : place, policy, and Salvadoran transnational identities in rural Arkansas / Miranda Cady Hallett

Contesting diversity and community within Postville, Iowa : "Hometown to the world" / Jennifer F. Reynolds and Caitlin Didier

Part IV. Media and reimagined sites of accommodation and contestation

Humanizing Latino newcomers in the "No Coast" region / Edmund T. Hamann with Jenelle Reeves

Immigrant integration and the changing public discourse : the case of Emporia, Kansas / László J. Kulcsár and Albert Iaroi

Part V. Religion and migrant communities

"They cling to guns or religion" : Pennsylvania towns put faith in anti-immigrant ordinances / Jane Juffer

Part VI. Demographics

Latin American migrations to the U.S. heartland : demographic and economic activity in six heartland states, 2000-2007 / Scott Carter

Conclusion: Latin American migrations to the U.S. heartland : reshaping communities, redrawing boundaries / Linda Allegro and Andrew Grant Wood.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780252037665

0252037669

OCLC:

823472890