Immigration and Migration and the Making of a Modern American City

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 14.03.04

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction/Rationale
  2. Demographics
  3. Objectives/Rationale
  4. Richmond's Latino Communities
  5. Immigration/Migration History
  6. Cultural Influence On The United States
  7. Essential Questions
  8. Strategies
  9. Classroom Activities
  10. Bibliography
  11. Student Resources
  12. Notes

The Cultural Move: Impact of Mexican Migration on today's American Food

Sobeyda Rivera

Published September 2014

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Bibliography

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Pillsbury, Richard. No foreign food: the American diet in time and place. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1998.

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Wallach, Jennifer Jensen. How America eats: a social history of U.S. food and culture. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2013.

Weeks, Gregory Bart, and John Robert Weeks. Irresistible forces: Latin American migration to the United States and its effects on the South. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2010.

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