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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783738903321

Autore

Diaz David R. <1951-, >

Titolo

Barrio urbanism : Chicanos, planning, and American cities / / David Ralph Diaz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

1-135-94319-2

9786610281961

1-135-94320-6

1-280-28196-0

0-203-02096-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (360 p. ) : 20 b/w images and 5 tables

Disciplina

307.1/16/0896872073

Soggetti

Mexican Americans - History

Urban policy - United States - History

City planning - United States - History

Land use, Urban - United States - History

Hispanic American neighborhoods - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-332) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Early history of urban locational patterns, 1880-1950 -- Barrio logic and the consolidation of Chicanas/os in the city, 1950-1975 -- Transformation of barrios and the impact of reforms of racist real estate and banking industry practices -- Housing affordability : practical influence of local and federal policies -- Economic development in Chicana/o communities -- Open space, cultural programs and recreational resources -- Redevelopment policy in the barrio -- The history of confrontational urban politics : a reliance on social movements -- Land use conflicts and the politics of environmental justice -- The political and social transformation of California -- The new cities of the Southwest -- The challenge to future political coalitions and the question of land use policy -- Chicanas/os and the urban challenges of the 21st century.

Sommario/riassunto

Taking into account the author's consideration of this subject from a



planning and urban policy perspective, this book charts the history of the largest ethnic population in America.