Chicago Católico: Making Catholic Parishes Mexican

by Deborah E. Kanter

Book Overview

Today, over one hundred Chicago-area Catholic churches offer Spanish language mass to congregants. How did the city's Mexican population, contained in just two parishes prior to 1960, come to reshape dozens of parishes and neighborhoods?

Deborah E. Kanter tells the story of neighborhood change and rebirth in Chicago's Mexican American communities. She unveils a vibrant history of Mexican American and Mexican immigrant relations as remembered by...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252084845
• ISBN13: 9780252084843
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"