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Making Mexican Chicago

From Postwar Settlement to the Age of Gentrification
  • Mike Amezcua
2022
The University of Chicago Press

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  • Mexican American men standing near a mural and a low rider car in Chicago in 1987.
    Book Review

    The Past and Future of Mexican Chicago

    From the machine politicians in La Villita to the radicals in Pilsen, Mexican Chicagoans have played a central role in defining their city. 
    by Juan Ignacio Mora via The Nation on January 10, 2023
  • Anita Villarreal with a campaigning Richard J. Daley
    Book Excerpt

    The US Arrested Her—Then She Changed Chicago

    In the 1960s, Chicago’s white neighborhoods didn’t want Mexican Americans moving in. But one determined real estate broker changed everything.
    by Mike Amezcua via Public Books on February 28, 2022
  • Cover of "Making Mexican Chicago", featuring a photo of a protest march.
    Book Excerpt

    "Making Mexican Chicago"

    How the Windy City became a Latinx metropolis in the second half of the twentieth century.
    by Mike Amezcua via The Chicago Blog on February 16, 2022
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