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Ethnic Chicago: A Multicultural Portrait
This award-winning study of ethnic life in Chicago richly details the various peoples and ethnic institutions in America's heartland city. This newly revised and expanded edition also includes chapters on African-American migration, Chatham, Latino Chicago, the Chinese in Chicago, Asian Indians, Korean-Americans, the new entrepreneurial immigrants, and the Swedes. There is...more
Paperback, 656 pages
Published
May 28th 1995
by William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
(first published May 1995)
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There is a chameleon-like aspect to Ethnic Chicago. The volume can be used for multiple ends by multiple audiences. Most generally, it is a Chicago history book. But, as the title might suggest, Ethnic Chicago focuses on cultural topics. Of the 22 chapters in the volume, 15 are devoted to a single racial or ethnic group, with predominant focus on the group’s migration into Chicago. Each chapter is written by a different author – Ethnic Chicago is an edited academic-style volume. In a typical cha...more
This fascinating book covers a hell of a lot of ground, I read it a few years ago and managed to retain my interest through all 600-something pages. As someone interested in the history of Chicago and also the various challenges faced by all kinds of immigrant and minority groups (and their various solutions to such challenges), this book had a great appeal.
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