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

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Over the past twenty years, the Latino population in the Midwest has grown rapidly, both in urban and rural areas. As elsewhere in the country, shifting demographics in the region have given rise to controversy and mixed reception. Where some communities have greeted Latinos openly, others have been...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Latinos in the United States.
Other Authors: Martinez, Ruben Orlando (Editor)
Language:English
Published: East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2011], ©2011.
Series:Latinos in the United States.
Subjects:
Hispanic Americans > Middle West.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Hispanic Americans.
Middle West.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Genre:
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (JSTOR)
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 322 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Foreword / Francisco A. Villarruel
  • Introduction / Ruben Martinez
  • Atzlán in the Midwest and other counternarratives revealed / Sandra M. Gonzales
  • The changing demography of Latinos in the Midwest / Rogelio Saenz
  • Cosas políticas : politics, attitudes, and perceptions by region / Arturo Vega, Rubén Martinez, and Tia Stevens
  • Institutional obstacles to incorporation : Latino immigrant experiences in a midsized rust-belt city / Theo J. Majka and Linda C. Majka
  • The impact of an immigration and customs enforcement raid on Marshalltown, Iowa / Jan L. Flora, Claudia Prado-Meza, Hannah Lewis, César P. Montalvo, and Frank Dunn
  • Health needs of Latina women in Central Illinois : promoting early detection of cervical and breast cancer / Lydia P. Buki, Jennifer B. Mayfield, and Flavia C.D. Andrade
  • Latinos and the risk of arrest : national 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 on the outskirts of Chicago / Jennifer Tello Buntin
  • Increasing knowledge and networking opportunities for small-scale Mexican growers in southwest Michigan / Maria Josefa Santos and Antonio Castro-Escobar
  • CitySpirit : a people's mural in Detroit's Mexicantown / George Vargas
  • Conclusion / Ruben Martinez.