Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. Mexican and Puerto Rican Labor Migration to Chicago 23
7. 2. Putting Down Roots: Mexican and Puerto Rican Settlement on the Near West Side, 1940–60 57
8. 3. Race, Class, Housing, and Urban Renewal: Dismantling the Near West Side 91
9. 4. Pushing Puerto Ricans Around: Urban Renewal, Race, and Neighborhood Change 131
10. 5. The Evolution of the Young Lords Organization: From Street Gang to Revolutionaries 173
11. 6. From Eighteenth Street to La Dieciocho: Neighborhood Transformation in the Age of the Chicano Movement 207
12. 7. The Limits of Nationalism: Women’s Activism and the Founding of Mujeres Latinas en Acción 239
13. Conclusion 263
14. Notes 269
15. Index 349