Latinos in Chicago - 9780809338832

Latinos in ChicagoQuest for a Political Voice\nAuthor(s): Wilfredo Cruz\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Southern Illinois University Press, United States\nImprint: Southern Illinois University Press\nISBN-13: 9780809338832, 978-0809338832\nSynopsis\nThe Path to Political Power for Latinos in Chicago\n\n In the Midwests largest city, Latinos have been fighting for political representation for more than half a century. In this exploration of urban politics in Chicago, Wilfredo Cruz shows for the first time how Latinos went from being ignored by the Irish-controlled political machine to becoming a respected constituency.\n\n Beginning with the Latino communitys first attempt to acquire a political voice in Chicago politics in 1911 and continuing through Latino officeholders of the early twenty-first century, Cruz surveys not only the struggles of this communityspecifically the two largest Latino groups in the city, Mexicans and Puerto Ricansbut also the ways in which Chicagos Latinos ove?