| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: monographic
|
| Title Information: |
land, liberty, and Latino housing |
| Author: |
BenderSteven, |
| Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: |
Project Muse |
| Place of Publication: |
New York, N.Y. |
| Published: |
New York University Press; |
| Year of Publication: |
c2010 |
| Description: |
1 online resource (ix, 243 p.). |
| Series: |
Citizenship and migration in the Americas |
| Subject: |
Immigrants - United States - |
| Subject: |
American Dream - |
| Subject: |
Hispanic Americans - Housing - |
| Online resource: |
http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780814787229/ |
| Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: |
9780814787229electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
0814787223electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
9780814791257hbk. |
| ISBN: |
0814791255hbk. |
| Content Note: |
Introduction -- Loss and lettuce : the Cesar Chávez legacy -- Southwest ranchos : land grants and land loss -- Fields of dreams : farm worker housing -- Loss in the tortilla flats -- Lenders and loss : the destructive legacy of subprime mortgages in Latino/a communities -- Exclusion of undocumented immigrants -- Exclusion by public law : zoning laws -- Exclusion by private law : restrictive covenants -- Born in East L.A. : the legacy of loss and exclusion in Southern California -- LittleHavana -- Spanish Harlem -- Tierra y libertad : reclaiming individual and collective space -- Policy considerations in formulating housing reform -- Lowering the cost of housing and credit -- Equity for Latino/asand the poor -- Conclusion |