Tierra y libertad : land, liberty, and Latino housing /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bender, Steven
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : New York University Press, [2010]
Series:Citizenship and migration in the Americas.
Subjects:
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Loss and lettuce : the Cesar Chávez legacy
  • Southwest ranchos : land grants and land loss
  • Fields of dreams : farm worker housing
  • Loss in the tortilla flats
  • Lenders and loss : the destructive legacy of subprime mortgages in Latino/a communities
  • Exclusion of undocumented immigrants
  • Exclusion by public law : zoning laws
  • Exclusion by private law : restrictive covenants
  • Born in East L.A. : the legacy of loss and exclusion in Southern California
  • Little Havana
  • Spanish Harlem
  • Tierra y libertad : reclaiming individual and collective space
  • Policy considerations in formulating housing reform
  • Lowering the cost of housing and credit
  • Equity for Latino/as and the poor
  • Conclusion.