Mexican Chicago: Race, Identity and Nation, 1916-39

by Gabriela F. Arredondo

Mexican Chicago builds on previous studies of Mexicans in the United States while challenging static definitions of "American" and underlying assumptions of assimilation. Gabriela F. Arredondo contends that because of the revolutionary context from which they came, Mexicans in Chicago between 1916 and 1939 were not just another ethnic group working to be assimilated into a city that has a long history of incorporating newcomers. Suggesting a new...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252074971
• ISBN13: 9780252074974
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"