San Francisco's International Hotel: mobilizing the Filipino American community in the anti-eviction movement / Estella Habal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Habal, Estella, 1949-

Series:

Asian American history and culture.

Asian American history and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older people--Housing--California--San Francisco.

Older people.

Eviction--California--San Francisco.

Eviction.

Filipino Americans--California--San Francisco.

Filipino Americans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The struggle to save the International Hotel and prevent the eviction of its elderly residents became a focal point in the creation of the contemporary Asian American movement, especially among Filipinos. Like other minorities who were looking for positive models in their past to build an identity movement, Filipino youth found their ""roots"" in the stories and lives of the ""manongs"" (respected elders), and the anti-eviction movement became a key site for the formation of a distinct Filipino American consciousness. Estella Habal, a student activist during the anti-eviction protests, r

Contents:

Introduction : "Coming home to a fresh crop of rice"

Manilatown, Manongs, and the student radicals

A home or a parking lot? Human rights vs. property rights, 1968-69

"Peace with a lease" : renovation and revolution, 1969-74

The tiger leaps : fighting the Four Seas Investment Corporation, 1974-77

"Makibaka! Dare to struggle!" : the IHTA and the KDP, 1977

People's power versus propertied elites, 1977

The fall of the I-Hotel : eviction and demolition, 1977-79

Conclusion : the rise of the I-Hotel, 1979-2005.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-218) and index.

ISBN:

9786611243050

9781281243058

1281243051

9781592134472

1592134475

OCLC:

476144293