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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825738603321

Autore

Arredondo Ramón

Titolo

Maria's journey [[electronic resource] /] / Ramón and Trisha (Hull) Arredondo ; foreword by James B. Lane ; introduction by John Bodnar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Indianapolis, : Indiana Historical Society Press, 2010

ISBN

0-87195-319-6

0-87195-340-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (464 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ArredondoTrisha

Disciplina

305.8968/72073077311

B

Soggetti

Mexican American women - Illinois - Chicago

Mexican Americans - Illinois - Chicago - Social life and customs

Immigrants - Illinois - Chicago

Immigrants - Mexico

Chicago (Ill.) Biography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Introduction; The Revolution; The Bargain; From Texas Boxcars to Illinois Rails; Tragedy Has Two Faces; Secrets of the Past; Safe Harbor; "Mill Rats"; Change is Constant; Depression and Repatriation; "Take Me to the Fair"; Betrayal; "Don't Look Back"-The Homecoming; On Watling Street; Graduation, Illness, Accidents, and a Vision; The War; Celebrations and Losses; Church and School; Diet and Discipline; The Haunting; Maria's "Confession"; Jesse Joins the Army, then the Union; "Happy Days" in the Harbor; Love Calls-"California Here We Come"; Jesse Takes a Wife-and More

Maria Battles the "Commies"No Good Solutions; Love and Uncle Sam; Forgiveness and Reconciliation; The Value of Education; In the Blink of an Eye; The Vision Revealed; Epilogue; Afterword; Acknowledgments

Sommario/riassunto

Born into the Mexican Revolution, Maria Perez entered an arranged marriage at age fourteen to Miguel Arredondo. The couple and their tiny daughter immigrated to the United States in the 1920's, living in a boxcar while Miguel worked for a Texas railroad and eventually settling in East Chicago, Indiana, where Miguel worked for Inland Steel. Their



story includes much of early-twentieth-century America: the rise of unions, the plunge into the Great Depression, the patriotism of World War II, and the starkness of McCarthyism. It is flavored by delivery men hawking fruit and ice, street sports, and