Latinos at the Golden Gate : creating community and identity in San Francisco / Tomas F. Summers Sandoval Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Summers Sandoval, Tomás F., Jr.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hispanic Americans--California--San Francisco--History.

Hispanic Americans.

Hispanic Americans--California--San Francisco.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (254 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Born in an explosive boom and built through distinct economic networks, San Francisco has a cosmopolitan character that often masks the challenges migrants faced to create community in the city by the bay. Latin American migrants have been part of the city's story since its beginning. Charting the development of a hybrid Latino identity forged through struggle-- latinidad --from the Gold Rush through the civil rights era, Tomas F. Summers Sandoval Jr. chronicles the rise of San Francisco's diverse community of Latin American migrants. This latinidad , Summers Sandoval shows, was formed and mad

Contents:

How do I get to San Francisco? : Latin Americans and the Golden Gate

But things will soon take change : race and power in gold rush San Francisco

El esplendor, brillantez e influencia de nuestra raza : panethnic identity and the Spanish-speaking church

We can't go home : Latin American migration and community in the twentieth century

All those who care about the mission, stand up with me! : Latino community formation and the mission coalition organization

Basta Ya! : raza youth in an era of radical third world possibility

Speaking Latino: San Francisco in an era of Latino evictions.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798893130478

9798890843524

9781469607672

1469607670

9781469612720

1469612720

OCLC:

848895502