Lorain: Ohio's First Colonia - A Blueprint for Midwestern Mexican Migration

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King, E. (2019). Lorain: Ohio's First Colonia - A Blueprint for Midwestern Mexican Migration. Unc Charlotte Electronic Theses And Dissertations.
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Abstract

Within this piece, I am arguing that Mexican migration to the Midwest in the early twentieth century is highly overlooked in literature. Most often, the historiography deals with characteristics that typify the Southwest, and I assert that Mexicans in the Midwest differ in several crucial ways – particularly, the choice of an urban area to resettle, industrial employment, the higher rate of women and children accompanying the male laborer, integration into the local community, and relative lack of racism experienced. The bulk of my work deals with Lorain, Ohio – the first Mexican colonia in the state. Lorain existed as a blueprint for other similar colonias in the region, and can be used to understand Mexican migration to Midwest more broadl

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Author

King, Elizabeth

Title

Lorain: Ohio's First Colonia - A Blueprint for Midwestern Mexican Migration

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1 online resource (118 pages) : PDF

Date

2019

Degree Granting Institution

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Abstract

Within this piece, I am arguing that Mexican migration to the Midwest in the early twentieth century is highly overlooked in literature. Most often, the historiography deals with characteristics that typify the Southwest, and I assert that Mexicans in the Midwest differ in several crucial ways – particularly, the choice of an urban area to resettle, industrial employment, the higher rate of women and children accompanying the male laborer, integration into the local community, and relative lack of racism experienced. The bulk of my work deals with Lorain, Ohio – the first Mexican colonia in the state. Lorain existed as a blueprint for other similar colonias in the region, and can be used to understand Mexican migration to Midwest more broadl

Genre

masters theses

Subjects--Topics

History

Degree

M.A.

Keywords

Mexican
Midwest
Migration

Subject Area

History

Advisor(s)

Buchenau, Jürgen

Committee Members

Shapiro, Aaron
Fratantuono, Ella

Degree Note

Thesis (M.A.)--University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2019.

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