Latin American migrations to the U.S. Heartland changing social landscapes in Middle America /
Latin American migrations to the U.S. Heartland changing social landscapes in Middle America /
Latin American migrations to the US heartland
edited by Linda Allegro and Andrew Grant Wood.
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2013.
- 1 online resource (pages cm.)
- The working class in American history .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction: Heartland north, heartland south / Part I. Geographies in historical perspective -- Mexicans in the United States : a longer view / Betabeleros and the western Nebraska sugar industry : an early-twentieth-century history / Latinos and the churches in Idaho, 1950-2000 / Part II. Contesting policy and legal boundaries -- Seeing no evil : the H2A guest-worker program and state-mediated labor exploitation in rural North Carolina / On removing migrant labor in a right-to-work state : the failure of employer sanctions in Oklahoma / Part III. Transnational identities and new landscapes of home -- Rooted/uprooted : place, policy, and Salvadoran transnational identities in rural Arkansas / Contesting diversity and community within Postville, Iowa : "Hometown to the world" / Part IV. Media and reimagined sites of accommodation and contestation -- Humanizing Latino newcomers in the "No Coast" region / Immigrant integration and the changing public discourse : the case of Emporia, Kansas / Part V. Religion and migrant communities -- "They cling to guns or religion" : Pennsylvania towns put faith in anti-immigrant ordinances / Part VI. Demographics -- Latin American migrations to the U.S. heartland : demographic and economic activity in six heartland states, 2000-2007 / Conclusion: Latin American migrations to the U.S. heartland : reshaping communities, redrawing boundaries / Linda Allegro and Andrew Grant Wood -- Andrew Grant Wood -- Tisa M. Anders -- Errol D. Jones -- Sandy Smith-Nonini -- Linda Allegro -- Miranda Cady Hallett -- Jennifer F. Reynolds and Caitlin Didier -- Edmund T. Hamann with Jenelle Reeves -- László J. Kulcsár and Albert Iaroi -- Jane Juffer -- Scott Carter -- Linda Allegro and Andrew Grant Wood.
9780252094927
Hispanic Americans--Social conditions.--West North Central States
Latin Americans--Social conditions.--West North Central States
Immigrants--West North Central States.
Foreign workers--West North Central States.
Social change--West North Central States.
Electronic Books.
F358 / .L385 2013
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction: Heartland north, heartland south / Part I. Geographies in historical perspective -- Mexicans in the United States : a longer view / Betabeleros and the western Nebraska sugar industry : an early-twentieth-century history / Latinos and the churches in Idaho, 1950-2000 / Part II. Contesting policy and legal boundaries -- Seeing no evil : the H2A guest-worker program and state-mediated labor exploitation in rural North Carolina / On removing migrant labor in a right-to-work state : the failure of employer sanctions in Oklahoma / Part III. Transnational identities and new landscapes of home -- Rooted/uprooted : place, policy, and Salvadoran transnational identities in rural Arkansas / Contesting diversity and community within Postville, Iowa : "Hometown to the world" / Part IV. Media and reimagined sites of accommodation and contestation -- Humanizing Latino newcomers in the "No Coast" region / Immigrant integration and the changing public discourse : the case of Emporia, Kansas / Part V. Religion and migrant communities -- "They cling to guns or religion" : Pennsylvania towns put faith in anti-immigrant ordinances / Part VI. Demographics -- Latin American migrations to the U.S. heartland : demographic and economic activity in six heartland states, 2000-2007 / Conclusion: Latin American migrations to the U.S. heartland : reshaping communities, redrawing boundaries / Linda Allegro and Andrew Grant Wood -- Andrew Grant Wood -- Tisa M. Anders -- Errol D. Jones -- Sandy Smith-Nonini -- Linda Allegro -- Miranda Cady Hallett -- Jennifer F. Reynolds and Caitlin Didier -- Edmund T. Hamann with Jenelle Reeves -- László J. Kulcsár and Albert Iaroi -- Jane Juffer -- Scott Carter -- Linda Allegro and Andrew Grant Wood.
9780252094927
Hispanic Americans--Social conditions.--West North Central States
Latin Americans--Social conditions.--West North Central States
Immigrants--West North Central States.
Foreign workers--West North Central States.
Social change--West North Central States.
Electronic Books.
F358 / .L385 2013