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Mexicans in the Midwest, 1900-1932 /
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 displace...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Tucson :
University of Arizona Press,
©1996.
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| Online Access: | Table of contents Table of contents |
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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. |
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x, 292 pages ; 24 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-284) and index. |
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0816515603 9780816515608 0816515859 9780816515851 |