Tierra y libertad : land, liberty, and Latino housing /
Bender, Steven,
Tierra y libertad : land, liberty, and Latino housing / Steven W. Bender. - 1 online resource. - Citizenship and migration in the Americas . - Citizenship and migration in the Americas. .
Previously issued in print: 2010.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'Tierra y Libertad' surveys the terrain, culture, and history of Latino/as and housing. Employing a vital historical perspective, it traces its core theme of how Latino/as once held expansive ranchland in the Southwest but are now primarily a landless population spread throughout the U.S. that clings to marginal property rights and precarious ownership through overcrowded urban rental units, transitory rural living arrangements, and, at best, home acquisitions financed by high-risk subprime mortgages.
Specialized.
9780814739136 No price
Hispanic Americans--Housing.
American Dream.
Immigrants--United States.
Society.
United States of America, USA.
South & Central America, Latin America.
Ethnic studies.
Legal history.
Property law: general.
HD7288.72.U5 / B46 2016
363.59968073
Tierra y libertad : land, liberty, and Latino housing / Steven W. Bender. - 1 online resource. - Citizenship and migration in the Americas . - Citizenship and migration in the Americas. .
Previously issued in print: 2010.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'Tierra y Libertad' surveys the terrain, culture, and history of Latino/as and housing. Employing a vital historical perspective, it traces its core theme of how Latino/as once held expansive ranchland in the Southwest but are now primarily a landless population spread throughout the U.S. that clings to marginal property rights and precarious ownership through overcrowded urban rental units, transitory rural living arrangements, and, at best, home acquisitions financed by high-risk subprime mortgages.
Specialized.
9780814739136 No price
Hispanic Americans--Housing.
American Dream.
Immigrants--United States.
Society.
United States of America, USA.
South & Central America, Latin America.
Ethnic studies.
Legal history.
Property law: general.
HD7288.72.U5 / B46 2016
363.59968073