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Tierra y libertad [[electronic resource] ] : land, liberty, and Latino housing / / Steven W. Bender



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Autore: Bender Steven Visualizza persona
Titolo: Tierra y libertad [[electronic resource] ] : land, liberty, and Latino housing / / Steven W. Bender Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, : New York University Press, c2010
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (254 p.)
Disciplina: 363.5/9868073
Soggetto topico: Hispanic Americans - Housing
American Dream
Immigrants - United States
Soggetto non controllato: Bender
Latinos
Libertad
Steven
Tierra
adequate
anti-immigrant
century
crisis
from
history
housing
mortgage
national
nineteenth
opportunities
policies
struggle
todays
traces
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 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 -- 6. Exclusion of Undocumented Immigrants -- 7. Exclusion by Public Law -- 8. Exclusion by Private Law -- 9. Born in East L.A. -- 10. Little Havana -- 11. Spanish Harlem -- 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
Sommario/riassunto: 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 largest minority population, have largely been unable to gain this level of inclusion. Instead, they are forced to cling to the fringes of property rights and ownership through overcrowded rentals, transitory living arrangements, and, at best, home acquisitions through subprime lenders.In Tierra y Libertad, Steven W. Bender traces the history of Latinos’ struggle for adequate housing opportunities, from the nineteenth century to today’s anti-immigrant policies and national mortgage crisis. Spanning southwest to northeast, rural to urban, Bender analyzes the legal hurdles that prevent better housing opportunities and offers ways to approach sweeping legal reform. Tierra y Libertad combines historical, cultural, legal, and personal perspectives to document the Latino community’s ongoing struggle to make America home.
Titolo autorizzato: Tierra y libertad  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8147-3913-X
0-8147-8722-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910791457303321
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Serie: Citizenship and migration in the Americas.