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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Millard, Ann V., Author.

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.

Middle West--Rural conditions.

Middle West.

Middle West--Ethnic relations.

Physical Description:

xiii, 276 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Apple pie and enchiladas

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 few benefits. The region has become the scene of dramatic change involving major issues facing our country—the intertwining of ethnic differences, prejudice, and poverty; the social impact of a low-wage workforce resulting from corporate transformations; and public policy questions dealing with economic development, taxation, and welfare payments. 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.

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

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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

ISBN:

0-292-79721-4

OCLC:

60800137