| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 243 pages) |
| Series |
Citizenship and migration in the Americas |
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Citizenship and migration in the Americas.
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| 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 |
| Summary |
One of the quintessential goals of the American Dream is to own land and a home, a place to raise one's family and prove one's prosperity. Particularly for immigrant families, home ownership is a way to assimilate into American culture and community. However, Latinos, who make up the country's largest minority population, have largely been unable to gain this level of inclusion. Instead, they are forced to cling to the fringes of property rights and ownership through overcrowded rentals, transitory living arrangements, and, at best, home acquisitions through subprime lenders. In Tierra y Liber |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-238) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Hispanic Americans -- Housing
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American Dream.
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Immigrants -- United States.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
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American Dream
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Hispanic Americans -- Housing
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Immigrants
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780814787229 |
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0814787223 |
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9780814739136 |
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081473913X |
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