Making the Mexirican City: Migration, Placemaking, and Activism in Grand Rapids, Michigan

by Delia Fernández-Jones

Book Overview

A Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2023

Large numbers of Latino migrants began to arrive in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in the 1950s. They joined a small but established Spanish-speaking community of people from Texas, Mexico, and Puerto Rico. Delia Fern ndez-Jones merges storytelling with historical analysis to recapture the placemaking practices that these Mexicans, Tejanos, and Puerto Ricans used to create a new home for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252086945
• ISBN13: 9780252086946
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.4"