Progress and a Mexican American community's struggle for existence : Phoenix's Golden Gate Barrio /
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| Author / Creator: | Dimas, Pete R., 1938- |
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| Imprint: | New York : Peter Lang, c1999. |
| Description: | xviii, 175 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | American university studies. Series XXI, Regional studies. vol. 10 |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4253970 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Figures
- List of Acronyms
- Chronological Table
- Preface
- Chapter I. Introduction
- Mexican American Heritage
- Conquest and Dispossession
- Economic Transformation and Mexican Immigration
- Social, Political, and Cultural Transitions
- Again the Land Question
- Study Organization
- Notes
- Chapter II. Mexicano Beginnings in Phoenix: The Evolution of Cheap Labor
- Mexicans in Phoenix: Arrival and Establishment
- Decline in Status
- The Role of Cheap Labor
- Cotton Bust of 1920-21
- Exclusion and Isolation
- Notes
- Chapter III. Formula for Growth: the Development of Sky Harbor Airport
- Transportation Networks, Investors, and Real Estate
- Federal Participation in Growth
- Airport Developments
- Origins of Sky Harbor Airport
- City Acquisition, Federal Funds, and Economic Development
- Airport Expansion and Property Owners' Resistance
- Notes
- Chapter IV. Golden Gate Barrio: the Formation of a Viable Community
- Establishment of Golden Gate Barrio
- The Great Depression and World War II
- Neighborhood Church
- Albert Braun, O.F.M.
- A Viable Community
- Notes
- Chapter V. The West Approach Land Acquisition Project: the End of a Community
- City Perspectives
- Barrio Perspectives
- Continuum of Airport Growth
- Notes
- Chapter VI. Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
