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Provides the first national perspective on Latina/o urban policy

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 1. Introduction David R. Diaz and Rodolfo D. Torres2. Barrios and Planning Ideology: The Failure of Suburbia and the Dialectics of New Urbanism David R. Diaz3. Aesthetic Belonging: The Latinization and Renewal of Union City, New Jersey Johana Londono4. Placing Barrios in Housing Policy Kee Warner5. Urban Redevelopment and Mexican American Barrios in the Socio-Spatial Order Nestor Rodriguez6. A Pair of Queens: La Reina de Los Angeles, the Queen City of Charlotte, and the New (Latin) American South Jose L. S. Gamez7. Fostering Diversity: Lessons from Integration in Public Housing Silvia Dominguez8. Mexican Americans and Environmental Justice: Change and Continuity in Mexican American Politics Benjamin Marquez9. After Latino Metropolis: Cultural Political Economy and Alternative FuturesVictor Valle and Rodolfo D. TorresAbout the Contributors Index

About the Author

David R. Diaz is Professor of Chicano Studies at California State University, Los Angeles. Rodolfo D. Torres is associate professor of Chicano-Latino studies, political science, and planning, policy, and design at the University of California, Irvine. Among his books are Latino Metropolis and Savage State: Welfare Capitalism & Inequality.

Reviews

By placing Latinos at the forefront of contemporary urban planning this groundbreaking collection confronts the historical marginalization of Latinos in urban planning making evidently clear that critical Latino studies has much to offer to current debates around sustainable development, planning and urban studies and that Latino studies theoretical and conceptual insights must be central to any consideration of the future of American cities.
*Arlene Davila,author of Culture Works: Space, Value, and Mobility Across the Neoliberal Americas*

This vital collection of essays is a manifesto for the Latino/a ciudadanoor citizenand should catalyze a much-needed conversation among elected officials, urban planners, activists and scholars. With subtle theoretical insights and practical research from leaders in ethnic studies, architecture, urban planning, environmental studies, sociology and political science, this sweet fruit of interdisciplinary Latino/a studies speaks to the most pressing policy dilemmas of our time, including migration, housing and environmental injustice. Torres and Diazs volume shows how a long history of Latino urbanism has made and will make the citythe dwelling place of the worlds majoritymore liveable for all.
*Laura Lomas,author of Translating Empire: Jose Marti, Migrant Latino Subjects, and American Modernities*