Brown in the Windy City tells the story of how Mexicans and Puerto Ricans arrived in Chicago. Is a book published addresses the issue of immigration and integration of Mexicans and Puerto Ricans after the Second World War in this city. Fernandez tells the story of the growth of these important communities and their difficult integration in the political dynamics of the metropolis of the Midwest. Figures and anecdotes, the author, who is of Mexican descent, details the problems that both communities have had to contend to be able to forge their own identity and political space for themselves. Both Mexicans and Puerto Ricans found racism and hostility to other ethnic groups when they reached the city, and had to endure poorly paid manual labor,
