Mexicans in the Midwest, 1900-1932 / Juan R. García.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

García, Juan Ramon.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexican Americans--Middle West--History--20th century.

Mexican Americans.

Mexican Americans--Middle West--Social conditions.

Mexico--Emigration and immigration.

Mexico.

Middle West--Emigration and immigration.

Middle West.

Emigration and immigration.

Mexican Americans--Social conditions.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

x, 292 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Tucson : University of Arizona Press, ©1996.

Summary:

Early in this century, a few Mexican migrants began streaming northward into the Midwest, but by 1914 - in response to jobs created by the war in Europe and a booming U.S. economy - the stream had become a flood. Barely a generation later, this so-called Immigrant Generation of Mexicans was displaced and returned to the U.S. Southwest or to Mexico. Here is a book that persuasively challenges many prevailing assumptions about Mexican people and the communities they.

Established in the Midwest. The author notes the commonalities and differences between Mexicans in that region and their compadres who settled elsewhere. He further demonstrates that although Mexicans in the Midwest maintained a strong sense of cultural identity, they were quick to adopt the consumer culture and other elements of U.S. life that met their needs.

Contents:

Mexican immigration to the United States, 1900-1917

Mexicans in the Midwest, 1914-1922

Housing and labor

Women and work

Mexican consuls

Issues affecting Mexican organizational efforts

Mexican mutual aid societies

Social and cultural life of Mexicans in some midwestern cities

Mexicans and the early years of the Depression, 1929-1932.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-284) and index.

Local Notes:

The Balch Institute Library and Archives.

Other Format:

Online version: García, Juan Ramon. Mexicans in the Midwest, 1900-1932.

ISBN:

0816515603

9780816515608

0816515859

9780816515851

OCLC:

34640707