South Bronx Battles : Stories of Resistance, Resilience, and Renewal

McLaughlin, Carolyn/ Gómez, David (FRW)

University of California Press（2019/05発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 368 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780520288973
• DDC分類 974.7275

Full Description

Community activist Carolyn McLaughlin takes us on a journey of the South Bronx through the eyes of its community members. Facing burned-out neighborhoods of the 1970s, the community fought back. McLaughlin illustrates the spirit of the community in creating a vibrant, diverse culture and its decades-long commitment to develop nonprofit housing and social-services, and to advocate for better education, health care, and a healthier environment. For the South Bronx to remain a safe haven for poor families, maintaining affordable housing is the central—but most challenging—task.

South Bronx Battles is the comeback story of a community that was once in crisis but now serves as a beacon for other cities to rebuild, while keeping their neighborhoods affordable.

Contents

List of Illustrations
Foreword
South Bronx Timeline
Map of South Bronx

1. The South Bronx: An Introduction
2. How the South Bronx Became the Poorest
Congressional District
3. Why the South Bronx Burned
4. People Fight Back: 1960s and 1970s
5. Progress, but Plagues Descend on the South
Bronx: 1980s
6. Not Yet Paradise, but We've Come a Long Way: 1990s
7. Many Faces of Success: 2000-2018
8. "The Bronx Was the Last Place": Reflections
on Displacement and Gentrification
9. Lessons Learned
Epilogue

Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Glossary
Notes
Interviews
Bibliography
Index