Loisaida as urban laboratory : Puerto Rican community activism in New York /

Loisaida as urban laboratory : Puerto Rican community activism in New York /

Loisaida as Urban Laboratory is the first in-depth analysis of the network of Puerto Rican community activism in New York City's Lower East Side from 1964 to 2001. Combining social history, cultural history, Latino studies, ethnic studies, studies of social movements and urban studies, Timo Sch...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schrader, Timo (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Athens : University of Georgia Press, [2020]
Series:Geographies of justice and social transformation ; v. 51.
Subjects:
Puerto Ricans > New York (State) > New York > Politics and government > 20th century.
Puerto Ricans > New York (State) > New York > Social conditions > 20th century.
Puerto Ricans > New York (State) > New York > Ethnic identity.
Hispanic American neighborhoods > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
City planning > Political aspects > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.) > Politics and government > 20th century.
New York (N.Y.) > Ethnic relations.
Table of Contents:
  • Viva Loisaida
  • From dragons to the real great society
  • Charas as pioneers of urban environmental activism
  • Adopt a building and sweat equity urbanism
  • Loisaida community murals as activism
  • The battle against gentrification
  • The resident dissidents of El Spirit Republic de Puerto Rico
  • The joys of activism.