{"product_id":"the-near-northwest-side-story-gina-perez-9780520233683","title":"The Near Northwest Side Story: Migration, Displacement, and Puerto Rican Families","description":"In \u003ci\u003eThe Near Northwest Side Story, \u003c\/i\u003e Gina M. P駻ez offers an intimate and unvarnished portrait of Puerto Rican life in Chicago and San Sebastian, Puerto Rico-two places connected by a long history of circulating people, ideas, goods, and information. P駻ez's masterful blend of history and ethnography explores the multiple and gendered reasons for migration, why people maintain transnational connections with distant communities, and how poor and working-class Puerto Ricans work to build meaningful communities. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eP駻ez traces the changing ways that Puerto Ricans have experienced poverty, displacement, and discrimination and illustrates how they imagine and build extended families and dense social networks that link San Sebastian to barrios in Chicago. She includes an incisive analysis of the role of the state in shaping migration through such projects as the Chardon Plan, Operation Bootstrap, and the Chicago Experiment. \u003ci\u003eThe Near Northwest Side Story \u003c\/i\u003eprovides a unique window on the many strategies people use to resist the negative consequences of globalization, economic development, and gentrification.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gina Perez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520233689\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520233683\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/04\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.96h x 6.02w x 0.72d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2005 pg. 1675","brand":"Gina Perez","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056210342143,"sku":"9780520233683","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_137cc00f-70f5-4855-825a-99a24bc49884.jpg?v=1685040107","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-near-northwest-side-story-gina-perez-9780520233683","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}