Tierra y Libertad : : Land, Liberty, and Latino Housing / / Steven W. Bender.
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 country’s large...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2010] ©2010 |
| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Citizenship and Migration in the Americas ;
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Table of Contents:
- 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