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

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Schrader, Timo (2020) Loisaida as urban laboratory : Puerto Rican community activism in New York. Geographies of justice and social transformation, (51). Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press. ISBN 9780820357980

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Abstract

This book offers the first in-depth analysis of the network of Puerto Rican community activism in the Lower East Side from 1964 to 2001. The community of Loisaida organized itself to fight against postwar urban deindustrialization, housing disinvestment, and gentrification, which threatened to displace an entire generation of Puerto Ricans who migrated to this New York neighborhood and tried to make it their home. Using an amalgam of unprocessed organizational archives, oral histories, ephemera, and neighborhood publications, this book is recreating the history of community action in Loisaida. Focusing on key institutions and community groups that mobilized residents and built a lasting activist network, Loisaida as Urban Laboratory demonstrates how community groups pioneered a methodology for more sustainable community activism. These activists turned Loisaida into their laboratory, constantly experimenting with and adapting new strategies to put up a solid defense against absentee landlords, greedy developers, opportunist politicians, and an era of increased policing of urban space.

Item Type: Book
Subjects: D History General and Old World > D History (General)
D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D839 Post-war History, 1945 on
E History America > E11 America (General)
E History America > E151 United States (General)
F History United States, Canada, Latin America > F001 United States local history
Divisions: Faculty of Arts > History
Series Name: Geographies of justice and social transformation,
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Place of Publication: Athens, Georgia
ISBN: 9780820357980
Official Date: 15 November 2020
Dates:
DateEvent
15 November 2020Available
25 July 2019Accepted
Number: 51
Number of Pages: 186
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
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