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Magical urbanism : Latinos reinvent the US city / Mike Davis.

Van Pelt Library E184.S75 D36 2001
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Davis, Mike, 1946-2022.
Series:
Haymarket series
The Haymarket series
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Hispanic Americans--Attitudes.
Hispanic Americans.
City and town life--United States.
City and town life.
United States.
Hispanic Americans--Social conditions.
Hispanic Americans--Social life and customs.
United States--Civilization--Hispanic influences.
Civilization.
Physical Description:
xviii, 202 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Edition:
Revised and expanded edition, paperback edition.
Place of Publication:
London ; New York : Verso, 2001.
Summary:
This paperback edition of Mike Davis's investigation into the Latinization of America incorporates the extraordinary findings of the 2000 Census as well as new chapters on the militarization of the Border and violence against immigrants.
Contents:
Foreword Latinos and the Crossover Aesthetic / Roman de la Campa xi
1 Spicing the City 1
2 Buscando America 11
3 Siamese Twins 25
4 Cuantos Mas? 39
5 The Latino Metropolis 49
6 Tropicalizing Cold Urban Space 61
7 The Third Border 69
8 The Devil's Rancho 77
9 Fabricating the "Brown Peril" 83
10 Transnational Suburbs 93
11 Falling Down 109
12 The Puerto Rican Tragedy 123
13 Education Ground Zero 131
14 Disabling Spanish 139
15 Who Will Feed the Dragon? 151
16 Broken Rainbows 159
17 Uprising of the Million 167.
Notes:
Previously published: 2000.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [177]-196) and index.
"A Haymarket book"--T.p. verso.
ISBN:
185984328X
9781859843284
OCLC:
46907887

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