Apple pie & enchiladas : Latino newcomers in the rural Midwest /

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Other Authors / Creators:Millard, Ann V.
Chapa, Jorge, 1953-
Burillo, Catalina.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Language notes:English.
Edition:1st ed.
Imprint: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2004.
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Online Access:Click here for full text at Project MUSE
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1. Aquiacute; in the Midwest [Here in the Midwest]
  • I. Ten Myths about Latinos
  • Chapter 2. Latinos in the Rural Midwest: The Twentieth-Century Historical Context Leading to Contemporary Challenges
  • II. The Battle for Chapita Hills
  • Chapter 3. Latinos and the Changing Demographic Fabric of the Rural Midwest
  • III. Emergency Medicine and Latino Newcomers
  • Chapter 4. Research Overview: The Rural Midwestern Context and Qualitative Methods
  • IV. Local Police, the INS, and "Churning Bad Public Opinion"
  • Chapter 5. "Not Racist like Our Parents": Anti-Latino Prejudice and Institutional Discrimination
  • Chapter 6. On the Line: Jobs in Food Processing and the Local Economy (
  • Chapter 7. Mexicans, Americans, and Neither: Students at Wheelerton High
  • V. The Virgin of Guadalupe: Admittance in Question
  • Chapter 8. "To Be with My People": Latino Churches in the Rural Midwest
  • VI. The "Mexican Situation" and the Mayor's Race
  • Chapter 9. E Pluribus Unum? Discussion, Conclusions, and Policy Implications
  • Appendix A. Methods Used in the Community Studies
  • Appendix B. Interview Guide for Community Study in Fox and Mapleville
  • Appendix C. Focus Group Questions, Fall County, Michigan
  • Notes
  • References
  • CitedIndex