Tierra y libertad : land, liberty, and Latino housing / Steven W. Bender.

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Citizenship and migration in the Americas.
Main Author: Bender, Steven
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2010], ©2010.
Series:Citizenship and migration in the Americas.
Subjects:
Hispanic Americans > Housing.
American Dream.
Immigrants > United States.
Physical Description:ix, 243 pages.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Loss and lettuce : the César 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.