{"product_id":"barrio-america-a-k-sandoval-strausz-9781541697249","title":"Barrio America: How Latino Immigrants Saved the American City","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe compelling history of how Latino immigrants revitalized the nation's cities after decades of disinvestment and white flight \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThirty years ago, most people were ready to give up on American cities. We are commonly told that it was a \"creative class\" of young professionals who revived a moribund urban America in the 1990s and 2000s. But this stunning reversal owes much more to another, far less visible group: Latino and Latina newcomers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAward-winning historian A. K. Sandoval-Strausz reveals this history by focusing on two barrios: Chicago's Little Village and Dallas's Oak Cliff. These neighborhoods lost residents and jobs for decades before Latin American immigration turned them around beginning in the 1970s. As Sandoval-Strausz shows, Latinos made cities dynamic, stable, and safe by purchasing homes, opening businesses, and reviving street life. \u003ci\u003eBarrio America\u003c\/i\u003e uses vivid oral histories and detailed statistics to show how the great Latino migrations transformed America for the better.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e A. K. Sandoval-Strausz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1541697243\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781541697249\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/12\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/14\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2019 pg. 4\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2019 pg. 98\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2021","brand":"A. K. Sandoval-Strausz","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44173045924095,"sku":"9781541697249","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/barrio-america-a-k-sandoval-strausz-9781541697249","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}