City of Dreams
Regular price
€62.99
A01=Wilfredo Cruz
Author_Wilfredo Cruz
Category=JBFH
Category=JHMC
Category=NHK
eq_bestseller
eq_history
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
eq_society-politics
Product details
- ISBN 9780761838203
- Weight: 354g
- Dimensions: 153 x 231mm
- Publication Date: 01 May 2007
- Publisher: University Press of America
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
City of Dreams: Latino Immigration to Chicago uses extensive oral interviews combined with scholarly documentation to richly describe the social history of the Mexican, Puerto Rican, Guatemalan, Salvadoran, and Cuban groups in Chicago. Drawing on the stories of one hundred diverse Latinos, this work attempts to give the largest minority population in America a voice, showing how they view themselves and their immigration experiences. This book, while discussing the reasons for immigration, focuses on the adjustments and adaptations of each Latino group; their aspirations; obstacles; relations with other ethnic groups; and overall survival in a new and sometimes hostile American city.
Wilfredo Cruz is a Chicago native. He earned his Ph.D. in Social Service Administration from the University of Chicago. He was formerly an investigative reporter, assistant press secretary for the late Mayor Harold Washington, and director of the Office of Public Information for the Chicago Public Library. Cruz is currently Professor of Sociology at Columbia College Chicago.
