Brown in the windy city lilia fernandezs recent book on puerto rican and mexican communities in the postwar city is the first of its kind by a historian the first historical study to examine chicagos mexican and puerto rican populations in the same frame the first to add brown to the black and white landscape of postwar racial . Brown in the windy city is the first history to examine the migration and settlement of mexicans and puerto ricans in postwar chicagolilia fernandez reveals how the two populations arrived in chicago in the midst of tremendous social and economic change and in spite of declining industrial employment and massive urban renewal projects managed to carve out a geographic and racial place in . Brown in the windy city mexicans and puerto ricans in postwar chicago historical studies of urban america kindle edition by fernandez lilia download it once and read it on your kindle device pc phones or tablets use features like bookmarks note taking and highlighting while reading brown in the windy city mexicans and puerto ricans in postwar chicago historical studies of urban . Brown in the windy city is the first history to examine the migration and settlement of mexicans and puerto ricans in postwar chicagolilia fernandez reveals how the two populations arrived in chicago in the midst of tremendous social and economic change and in spite of declining industrial employment and massive urban renewal projects managed to carve out a geographic and racial place in . Lilia fernandezs well researched book offers a comparative latino a history of postwar chicago challenging the black white binary of race while contrastin we use cookies to enhance your experience on our websiteby continuing to use our website you are agreeing to our use of cookies