Book Overview
Waukesha's Latino community continues to keep pace with the growth that has characterized Latino demographics in the last 20 years. About 15,000 Latinos are now Waukesha County residents, and there are very unique qualities ascribed to this community. A significant number of Latinos can trace their Waukesha roots to the early 1920s and 1930s. The vast majority of Latinos who came to Waukesha ended up working in foundries, and a significant number retired from those jobs. There are now many families who are third- and fourth-generation Latinos, and new arrivals continue to join friends and relatives already established in Waukesha.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:073855166X
ISBN13:9780738551661
Release Date:October 2007
Publisher:Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Length:128 Pages
Weight:0.75 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 6.5" x 9.2"
Customer Reviews
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Has to be 5 stars!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
Any book with three photos of my grandpa Gonzalez and one of my mom has got to receive 5 stars! Latinos in Waukesha is a fantastic chronicle of the Hispanic influence in Waukesha, Wisconsin, the city where yours truly grew up and inherited 25% Mexican blood from my mother, she was half, I'm a quarter. The book consists primarily of old-school pics that shed a lot of information on Waukesha and the historical role Latinos played in it, enlightening me on some things I never knew about Waukesha and its large industrious Mexican population. If you're in any way connected to the area you might want to check out this excellent work for a fabulous and enthralling crash course in local history. The city of Waukesha is a 15 minute drive west of Milwaukee. It's a city of about 75,000 which for all intents and purposes has held its own relative identity and hasn't become a bland suburb. The rest of surrounding Waukesha County is a different matter.
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