Title Latino city : immigration and urban crisis in Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1945-2000 / by Llana Barber

Published Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2017] ©2017

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 325 pages) Series Justice, power, and politics Justice, power, and politics. Contents Introduction : Latino migration and the ruins of industrial America -- The urban/suburban divide -- Why Lawrence? -- Struggling for the city -- The riots of 1984 -- Forcing change -- The armpit of the Northeast? -- Creating the Latino city -- Conclusion : Latino urbanism and the geography of opportunity 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"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource (HeinOnline, viewed July 13, 2020) Subject Latin Americans -- Massachusetts -- Lawrence -- History -- 20th century Latin Americans -- Massachusetts -- Lawrence -- Economic conditions -- History -- 20th century Race riots -- Massachusetts -- Lawrence -- History -- 20th century SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. Economic history Emigration and immigration Latin Americans Latin Americans -- Economic conditions Race relations Race riots SUBJECT Lawrence (Mass.) -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century Lawrence (Mass.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century Lawrence (Mass.) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century Subject Massachusetts -- Lawrence Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2016051603 ISBN 9781469631356 1469631350 9781469631363 1469631369

Other Titles Immigration and urban crisis in Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1945-2000

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