Title Mexicans and Mexican Americans in Michigan / Rudolph Valier Alvarado and Sonya Yvette Alvarado

Published East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 96 pages) : illustrations, map Series Discovering the peoples of Michigan Discovering the peoples of Michigan. Contents SideBars; Preface; Introduction; The Making of the Mexican and Mexican American People; Early Mexican and Mexican American Pioneers in Michigan; The Ford Sociological Department; Women in the Job Market; The Great Depression and Repatriation; Rivera and the Catholic Church; Resurgence of Michigan's Mexicans and Mexican Americans; Stepping Out of the Shadows: El Movimiento; The Coming of Age; The New Millennium: The Promise of Tomorrow; Appendices; Appendix 1: Early Mexican and Mexican American Organizations; Appendix 2: Mexican and Mexican American Pioneers Appendix 3: Mexican and Mexican American CelebrationsAppendix 4: Traditional Mexican and Mexican American Foods; Notes; For Further Reference; Index Summary Unlike most of their immigrant counterparts, up until the turn of the twentieth century most Mexicans and Mexican Americans did not settle permanently in Michigan but were seasonal laborers, returning to homes in the southwestern United States or Mexico in the winter. Nevertheless, during the past century the number of Mexicans and Mexican Americans settling in Michigan has increased dramatically, and today Michigan is undergoing its third "great wave" of Mexican immigration. Though many Mexican and Mexican American immigrants still come to Michigan seeking work on farms, many other Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 87-89) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject Mexican Americans -- Michigan -- History Mexican Americans -- Michigan -- Social conditions Mexicans -- Michigan -- History Mexicans -- Michigan -- Social conditions Immigrants -- Michigan -- History HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) Ethnic relations Immigrants Mexican Americans Mexican Americans -- Social conditions Mexicans Mexicans -- Social conditions Social conditions SUBJECT Michigan -- Ethnic relations Michigan -- Social conditions Subject Michigan Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Alvarado, Sonya. ISBN 9781628961997 1628961996

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