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Darkness of a Different Color: Mexicans and Racial Formation in Greater Chicago, 1916-1960

Description:

This dissertation examines the history of Mexicans' changing racial status in the Chicago metropolitan region, a place where race has traditionally been understood in strictly black and white terms. From World War I through the 1930's whites violently resisted Mexicans moving into their neighborhoods in Chicago, East Chicago, and Gary,...

Keyword:

immigration, housing, Mexican Americans, whiteness, race, and Chicago

Subject:

History

Creator:

Michael T.M. McCoyer

Owner:

Scholarly Digital Publishing

Date Uploaded:

08/27/2018

Date Modified:

08/27/2018

Date Created:

2007-11-20

Resource Type:

Dissertation