VOICE AND PROPERTY: LATINOS, WHITE CONSERVATIVES, AND URBAN RENEWAL IN 1960S SAN FRANCISCO.

San Francisco's Mission District residents marshaled divergent perspectives on urban renewal in the 1960s shaped by class, race, and differences over liberalism. Latinos and their allies in a low-income minority coalition backed redevelopment if allowed to control the program. Middle-class white con...

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Publicado en:Western Historical Quarterly Vol. 45; no. 3; pp. 253 - 277
Autor principal: CONTRERAS, EDUARDO
Formato: Essay
Publicado: Oxford University Press / USA Autumn2014
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Sumario:San Francisco's Mission District residents marshaled divergent perspectives on urban renewal in the 1960s shaped by class, race, and differences over liberalism. Latinos and their allies in a low-income minority coalition backed redevelopment if allowed to control the program. Middle-class white conservatives opposed it because it threatened their economic interests. The community's crusade ultimately resulted in triumph and endurance, not disappointment and deracination.