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

Author/creator Barber, Llana author.
Format Book
PublicationChapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2017]
Descriptionpages cm.
Subjects
Latin Americans--Massachusetts. --Lawrence. --History. --20th century.
Latin Americans--Massachusetts. --Lawrence. --Economic conditions. --20th century.
Race riots--Massachusetts. --Lawrence. --History. --20th century.
Lawrence (Mass.)--Emigration and immigration. --History. --20th century.
Lawrence (Mass.)--Race relations. --History. --20th century.
Lawrence (Mass.)--Economic conditions. --20th century.

SeriesJustice, power, and politics
Justice, power, and politics. ^A1147248
Contents 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 -- Latino urbanism and the geography of opportunity.
Abstract "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 noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2016051603
ISBN9781469631332 (cloth)
ISBN1469631334 (cloth)
ISBN9781469631349 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
ISBN1469631342 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
ISBN(ebook)

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Joyner General Stacks F74 .L4 B37 2017 ✔ Available Place Hold