Barrio urbanism : Chicanos, planning, and American cities / David Ralph Diaz.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Diaz, David R., 1951-
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2005.
Subjects:
Mexican Americans > History.
Urban policy > United States > History.
City planning > United States > History.
Land use, Urban > United States > History.
Hispanic American neighborhoods > History.
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Physical Description:xii, 347 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Early history of Chicana/o urban and locational patterns in the southwest, 1880-1945
  • Barrio logic and the consolidation of Chicanas/os in the city, 1945-1975
  • Transformation of regional culture and the impact of civil rights reforms on racist real estate and banking industry practices
  • Housing policy and the crisis of affordability in the southwest
  • Economic development in Chicana/o communities
  • Open space and recreation
  • Redevelopment policy in the barrio
  • The history of confrontational urban politics : a reliance on social movements
  • Politics of environmental justice in the southwest
  • The political and social transformation of California
  • The new cities of the Southwest
  • Political coalitions, Chicana/os, and the question of urban policy
  • Chicanas/os and the urban challenges of the twenty-first century.