Tierra y Libertad : Land, Liberty, and Latino Housing /
One of the quintessential goals of the American Dream is to own land and a home, a place to raise one's family and prove one's prosperity. Particularly for immigrant families, home ownership is a way to assimilate into American culture and community. However, Latinos, who make up the count...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
New York University Press,
[2010]
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Colección: | Citizenship and Migration in the Americas ;
8 |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I. Loss
- 1. Loss and Lettuce The César Chávez Legacy
- 2. Southwest Ranchos
- 3. Fields of Dreams
- 4. Loss in the Tortilla Flats
- 5. Lenders and Loss
- Part II. Exclusion
- 6. Exclusion of Undocumented Immigrants
- 7. Exclusion by Public Law
- 8. Exclusion by Private Law
- Part III. Geographic Examples of Loss and Exclusion
- 9. Born in East L.A.
- 10. Little Havana
- 11. Spanish Harlem
- Part IV. Reclamation and Reform
- 12. Tierra y Libertad
- 13. Policy Considerations in Formulating Housing Reform
- 14. Lowering the Cost of Housing and Credit
- 15. Equity for Latino/as and the Poor
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author