Title: Magical urbanism
First published: 2000
Description: A fascinating account of the Latinization of the US urban landscape, Magical Urbanism forcefully shows that this is a demographic and cultural revolution with extraordinary implications. Davis focuses on the great drama of how Latinos are attempting to translate their urban demographic ascendancy into effective social power. Pundits are now unanimous that Spanish-surname voters are the sleeping giant of US politics, yet electoral mobilization alone is unlikely to redress the increasing income and opportunity gaps between urban Latinos and suburban non-Hispanic whites. Therefore, in Los Angeles and elsewhere, the militant struggles of Latino workers and students are reinventing the American left. Fully updated throughout, and with new chapters on the anti-immigrant backlash, the impact of climate change on the urban Southwest, and the exploding counter-migration of Anglos to Mexico, Magical Urbanism is essential reading for anyone who wants to grasp the future of urban America.
Subjects: Politics and government, Inner cities, Sociology, Urban, Hispanic influences, Ethnic relations, Hispanic Americans, Civilization, Social conditions, Urban Sociology, City and town life, Population, Cities and towns, United states, ethnic relations, United states, population, United states, civilization, Hispanic americans, politics and government, Hispanic americans, social conditions, Social life and customs, Attitudes, Soziologie, Ethnische Beziehungen, Hispanos, Innenstadt, Stadt, Ethnische Identität, Rassenbeziehung, Ethnische Beziehung, Social sciences, Demography, Cities and towns, united states
Places: United States
LC classification: E184.S75 D36 2000