Brown in the Windy City: Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in Postwar Chicago

by Lilia Fernández

Brown in the Windy City claims to be the first history to examine the migration and settlement of Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in postwar Chicago. Lilia Fernández reveals how the two populations arrived in Chicago in the midst of tremendous social and economic change and, in spite of declining industrial employment and massive urban renewal projects, managed to carve out a geographic and racial place in one of America’s great cities. Through their experiences in the city’s central neighborhoods over the course of these three decades, Fernández demonstrates how Mexicans and Puerto Ricans collectively articulated a distinct racial position in Chicago, one that was flexible and fluid, neither black nor white.

 

Genres: History, Nonfiction

392 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 2012

Reviews

[Angela · Rating 5 out of 5]

amazing book! I learned so much from this book and want to read it again because I know I missed things the first time around. highly recommend this book!