The Mexican Revolution in Chicago : Immigration Politics from the Early Twentieth Century to the Cold War / John H. Flores.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Flores, John H., 1977- author.

Series:

Latinos in Chicago and the Midwest.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexico--History--Revolution, 1910-1920.

Mexico.

Immigrants--Illinois--Chicago--Politics and government--20th century.

Immigrants.

Mexican Americans--Illinois--Chicago--Social conditions--20th century.

Mexican Americans.

Mexican Americans--Illinois--Chicago--Politics and government--20th century.

Mexicans--Illinois--Chicago--Social conditions--20th century.

Mexicans.

Mexicans--Illinois--Chicago--Politics and government--20th century.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 PDF (xi, 234 pages) :) illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Urbana [Illinois] : University of Illinois Press, [2018]

Summary:

Few realize that long before the political activism of the 1960s, there existed a broad social movement in the United States spearheaded by a generation of Mexican immigrants inspired by the revolution in their homeland. Many revolutionaries eschewed U.S. citizenship and have thus far been lost to history, though they have much to teach us about the increasingly international world of today. John H. Flores follows this revolutionary generation of Mexican immigrants and the transnational movements they created in the United States. Through a careful, detailed study of Chicagoland, the area in and around Chicago, Flores examines how competing immigrant organizations raised funds, joined labor unions and churches, engaged the Spanish-language media, and appealed in their own ways to the dignity and unity of other Mexicans. Painting portraits of liberals and radicals, who drew support from the Mexican government, and conservatives, who found a homegrown American ally in the Roman Catholic Church, Flores recovers a complex and little known political world shaped by events south of the U.S border.

Contents:

The Mexican Revolution migrates to Chicago

The counterrevolution migrates to Chicago and Northwest Indiana

Mexican immigrant understandings of empire, race, and gender

The rise of the postrevolution Mexican left in Chicago

Mexican radicals and traditionalists unionize workers in the United States

The Cold War and the decline of the revolutionary generation.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780252050473

0252050479

OCLC:

1030032483