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Rúa, “The book rightly positions Padilla as a central contributor to the emergence of the modern urban ethnographic tradition and its emphasis on race, ethnicity, and immigration. Students and scholars of sociology, anthropology, and Latino studies will benefit from this important work.” —Alford A. Young Jr., author of The Minds of Marginalized Black Men: Making Sense of Mobility, Opportunity, and Future Life Chances “This book affirms and celebrates the importance of Elena Padilla’s work and legacy, and more importantly, it reclaims her as an exemplary scholar of the Chicago School of Sociology.” —Maura I. Toro-Morn, coeditor of Migration and Immigration: A Global View Latino Studies / Sociology / Anthropology This study reclaims and builds upon the classic work of anthropologist Elena Padilla in an effort to examine constructions of space and identity among Latinos. The volume includes an annotated edition of Padilla’s 1947 University of Chicago master’s thesis, “Puerto Rican Immigrants in New York and Chicago: A Study in Comparative Assimilation ,” which broke with traditional urban ethnographies and examined racial identities and interethnic relations. Weighing the importance of gender and the interplay of labor, residence, and social networks, Padilla examined the integration of Puerto Rican migrants into the social and cultural life of the larger community where they settled. Also included are four comparative and interdisciplinary original essays that foreground the significance of Padilla’s early study about Latinos in Chicago. Contributors discuss the implications of her groundbreaking contributions to urban ethnographic traditions and to the development of Puerto Rican studies and Latina/o studies. Contributors are Nicholas De Genova, Zaire Zenit Dinzey-Flores, Elena Padilla, Ana Y. Ramos-Zayas, Mérida M. Rúa, and Arlene Torres. MÉRIDA M. RÚA is an associate professor of Latina/o studies and American studies at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts. A volume in the series Latinos in Chicago and the Midwest, edited by Frances R. Aparicio, Pedro Cabán, Juan Mora-Torres, and Maria de los Angeles Torres Cover design by Kelly Gray Cover photo: Flag photo © John Kershner / iStockphoto.com UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS Urbana, Chicago, and Springfield www.press.uillinois.edu ISBN 978-0-252-07763-0 ...