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- CENTRAL: Local History
Latinos in the Midwest
Publication Information
East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, c2011.
Physical Description
xi, 322 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
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.