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