02411nam 2200601Ia 450 991045906110332120200520144314.01-282-92184-397866129218410-7391-4626-2(CKB)2670000000060129(EBL)634252(OCoLC)699510432(SSID)ssj0000441030(PQKBManifestationID)11304044(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000441030(PQKBWorkID)10396988(PQKB)10006716(MiAaPQ)EBC634252(Au-PeEL)EBL634252(CaPaEBR)ebr10434920(CaONFJC)MIL292184(EXLCZ)99267000000006012920100527d2010 uy 0engur|n|||||||||txtccrPower at the roots[electronic resource] gentrification, community gardens, and the Puerto Ricans of the Lower East Side /Miranda J. MartinezLanham, Md. Lexington Booksc20101 online resource (260 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-4624-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1; Class Cultures in Conflict; 2; How to Tame a Neighborhood; 3; Bello Amanecer Borincano; 4; The Symbolic Lower East Side; 5; ReferencesThis 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.GentrificationPuerto RicoCommunity developmentPuerto RicoSocial changePuerto RicoElectronic books.GentrificationCommunity developmentSocial change307.3/416097295Martinez Miranda J.1967-889612MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459061103321Power at the roots1987206UNINA