{"product_id":"making-the-mexirican-city-migration-placemaking-and-activism-in-grand-rapids-michigan-9780252086946","title":"Making the Mexirican City: Migration, Placemaking, and Activism in Grand Rapids, Michigan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e Outstanding Academic Title for 2023\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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 Fernández-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 themselves. Faced with entrenched white racism and hostility, Latinos of different backgrounds formed powerful relationships to better secure material needs like houses and jobs and to recreate community cultural practices. Their pan-Latino solidarity crossed ethnic and racial boundaries and shaped activist efforts that emphasized working within the system to advocate for social change. In time, this interethnic Latino alliance exploited cracks in both overt and structural racism and attracted white and Black partners to fight for equality in social welfare programs, policing, and education. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Groundbreaking and revelatory, \u003ci\u003eMaking the MexiRican City\u003c\/i\u003e details how disparate Latino communities came together to respond to social, racial, and economic challenges. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Delia Fernández-Jones\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Latinos in Chicago and Midwest\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.37h x 6.14w x 0.79d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252086946","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42714133430409,"sku":"9780252086946","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_c4616420-785d-463d-8aef-74cf57160434.jpg?v=1719636011","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/making-the-mexirican-city-migration-placemaking-and-activism-in-grand-rapids-michigan-9780252086946","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}