02443nam 2200601Ia 450 991078547880332120230207213911.01-282-92184-397866129218410-7391-4626-2(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 RicoLower East Side (New York, N.Y.)Social aspectsGentrificationCommunity developmentSocial change307.3/416097295Martinez Miranda J.1967-1576747MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785478803321Power at the roots3854733UNINA