Latinos in the Midwest / edited by Rubén O. Martinez.

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Latinos in the United States.
Other Authors: Martinez, Ruben Orlando
Language:English
Published: East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2011], ©2011.
Series:Latinos in the United States.
Subjects:
Hispanic Americans > Middle West.
Local Note:
MSU Stanley C. and Selma D. Hollander Faculty Book Collection
Physical Description:xi, 322 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Foreword / Francisco A. Villarruel
  • Introduction / Ruben Martinez
  • Atzlan in the Midwest and other counter-narratives revealed / Sandra M. Gonzales
  • The changing demography of Latinos in the Midwest / Rogelio Saenz
  • Cosas politicas : Latino political views by region / Arturo Vega, Ruben Martinez, and Tia Stevens
  • Institutional obstacles to incorporation : Latino immigrant experiences in a mid-size rustbelt city / Theo J. Majka and Linda C. Majka
  • Impact of immigration and customs enforcement raid on Marshalltown, Iowa / Jan L. Flora, Claudia Prado-Meza, Hannah Lewis, Cesar Montalvo, and Frank Dunn
  • Health needs of Latina women in central Illinois : promoting early detection of cervical and breast cancer / Lydia Buki, Jennifer Mayfield, and Andrade
  • Latino ethnicity as a risk factor for arrest : U.S. minority and regional effects / Mike Tapia, Donald T. Hutcherson, and Ana Campos-Holland
  • Litigating bilingual education : a history of the Gomez decision in Illinois
  • David A. Badillo
  • Reaching across borders : the transnationalizing effect of Mexican migration on public schools in the outskirts of Chicago / Jennifer Tello Buntin
  • Increasing knowledge and networking opportunities for small scale Mexican growers in southwest Michigan / Maria Josef Santos and Antonio Castro Escobar
  • A people's mural in Detroit's Mexican town / George Vargas
  • Conclusion / Ruben Martinez.