Category: History
New Mexico BIBLIOGRAPHY Albuquerque Tribune. http://www.abqtrib.com/news/2006/oct/10/patricia-madrid-democrat. American Fact Finder. http://factfinder.census.gov. Anaya, Rudolfo. Bless Me, Ultima. Berkeley: Quinto Sol, 1972. Heart of Aztlan. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1990. …
Nevada Latinos and the Coming of the Railroad The coming of the railroad to Nevada not only brought new jobs and economic opportunities but also introduced different cultures and …
New Mexico Food Chile is the most noted component of Nuevomexicano cuisine, if only for its prominence and intensity. It is not clear when chiles were introduced to New …
New Hampshire Frescoes by Orozco at Dartmouth College Mexican muralist Jose Clemente Orozco (1883-1948) lived in New Hampshire from 1932 to 1934, while he had an appointment as visiting …
New Mexico Folk Medicine As a condition of New Mexico’s centuries-old isolation from New Spain, selfreliance became the traditional way people of that region understood healing and ritual. The …
Montana bibliography Beltramo, Anthony F. Profile of a State: Montana. In Language in the USA. Eds. Charles A. Ferguson and Shirley Brice Heath. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981, 339-380. …
Spanish-language television, radio, and publications are the primary media for Las Vegas Latinos. Eighty-eight percent of the Latinos living in the Las Vegas area watch and read Spanish-language materials …
Massachusetts Migrant Rights The years following the termination of bilingual education programs in Massachusetts saw an increase in anti-immigrant sentiment across the nation. As a result, pressure mounted in …
New Hampshire Political Participation Another area that documents the emerging Latino presence in the state is that group’s growing political organization and participation. Latinos have focused on political …
Michigan The New Migrant Boom In the 1980s Michigan was unusual for its relatively slow-growing Latino population. As Michigan’s economy slid into free fall, the systems of recruitment that …