Latino city : immigration and urban crisis in Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1945-2000 /
"Interweaves the histories of U.S. urban crisis and imperial migration from Latin America. Pushed to migrate by political and economic circumstances shaped by the long history of U.S. intervention in Latin America, poor and working-class Latinos then had to reckon with the segregation, joblessn...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill :
The University of North Carolina Press,
[2017]
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| Series: | Justice, power, and politics.
Immigration law & policy in the U.S. UNC Press law publications. Civil rights and social justice. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "Interweaves the histories of U.S. urban crisis and imperial migration from Latin America. Pushed to migrate by political and economic circumstances shaped by the long history of U.S. intervention in Latin America, poor and working-class Latinos then had to reckon with the segregation, joblessness, disinvestment, and profound stigma that plagued cities during the crisis era, particularly in the Rust Belt. For many Puerto Ricans and Dominicans, there was no "American Dream" awaiting them in Lawrence; instead, Latinos struggled to build lives for themselves in the ruins of industrial America"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 325 pages) : illustrations, map. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-315) and index. |