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Power at the roots : gentrification, community gardens, and the Puerto Ricans of the Lower East Side /
This book is about community gardens and the struggles to save them from gentrified redevelopment in New York City's Lower East Side. It is a vivid account of the community garden preservation movement, focusing on how working-class Puerto Rican and middle-class white gardeners waged the strugg...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham, Md. :
Lexington Books,
©2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book is about community gardens and the struggles to save them from gentrified redevelopment in New York City's Lower East Side. It is a vivid account of the community garden preservation movement, focusing on how working-class Puerto Rican and middle-class white gardeners waged the struggle against displacement by inserting themselves into local politics and development to change the calculus of real estate and housing policies. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 169 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780739146262 0739146262 1282921843 9781282921849 9786612921841 6612921846 |