Frontera freeways : highway building and displacement in El Paso, Texas / Miguel Juárez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Juárez, Miguel, 1958- Author.

Contributor:

Project Muse

Series:

Al filo ; http://id.loc.gov/resources/hubs/5734d861-0cbe-aa8b-cc39-cc6e9ffc7157 no. 13.

Number 13 in the Al filo, Mexican American studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Express highways--Design and construction--Social aspects--Texas--El Paso.

Express highways.

Highway planning--Social aspects--Texas--El Paso.

Highway planning.

Mexican American neighborhoods--Texas--El Paso--History.

Mexican American neighborhoods.

Minorities--Relocation--Texas--El Paso.

Minorities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, [2025]

Contents:

Introduction. Emergence of the Lincoln Park Community

Before the Highways

From Concordia to Lincoln Park, Three Miles East of El Paso (1800-1925)

Race, Class, and El Paso's First Highways (1915-1958)

Community Life in the Lincoln Park Neighborhood Before the Freeways

Realities of Highway Building

Segregation, Displacement, Demolition, and Suburbanization in El Paso (1954-1970)

International, National, State, and Local Issues on Highway Building

"Modernizing" a Growing El Paso

Resistance and Renewal

Speaking Truth to Power: Lincoln Center, Lincoln Park, El Corazón de El Paso (1970s- Present)

Conclusion. Righting the Wrongs of the Past.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Baltimore, MD Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Online version Juárez, Miguel, 1958- Frontera freeways

ISBN:

9781574419870 (electronic bk.)

1574419870 (electronic bk.)

Publisher Number:

40032991367

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.