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Title:

Memories and migrations : mapping Boricua and Chicana histories / edited by Vicki L. Ruiz and John R. Ch©Łvez.

Publisher:

University of Illinois Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

xiv, 234 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Mexican American women--Social conditions--20th century--Congresses.
Puerto Rican women--Social conditions--20th century--Congresses.
Women immigrants--United States--Social conditions--20th century--Congresses.
Mexicans--History--History--20th century--Congresses.
Puerto Ricans--History--History--20th century--Congresses.
Community life--United States--History--20th century--Congresses.
Sex role--United States--History--20th century--Congresses.
Ethnicity--United States--History--20th century--Congresses.
United States--History--History--20th century--Congresses.
United States--Social conditions--20th century--Congresses.

Other Authors:

Ru©Ưz, Vicki.
Ch©Łvez, John R., 1949-
William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies

Notes:

"Published in cooperation with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas." Papers from a symposium held on Feb. 28, 2004 at the Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, Tex. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

pt. 1. A woman's place -- Creating an American home : contest and accommodation in Rockefeller's company towns / Mar©Ưa E. Montoya -- La Placita Committee : claiming place and history / Lydia R. Otero -- pt. 2. Migration and settlement -- Cruzando la linea : engendering the history of border Mexican children during the early twentieth century / Yolanda Ch©Łvez Leyva -- Lived regionalities : mujeridad in Chicago, 1920-1940 / Gabriela F. Arredondo -- "The day the dresses stopped" : Puerto Rican women, the International Ladies Garment Workers' Union, and the 1958 dressmakers strike / Carmen Teresa Whalen -- pt. 3. Political spaces -- "The floating borderlands" : identity, farmwork, and pol©Ưticas in Washington State / Elizabeth Salas -- Pilgrimage to the homeland : California Chicanas and International Women's Year, Mexico City, 1975 / Marisela R. Ch©Łvez -- The star in my compass : claiming intellectual space in the American landscape / Virginia S©Łnchez Korrol.

ISBN:

0252074785 (paper : alk. paper)
9780252074783 (paper : alk. paper)
0252032381 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780252032387 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)145145372

LCCN:

2007023285

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)