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Magical Urbanism: Latinos Reinvent the US City (The Haymarket series) (Paperback)

by Mike Davis (Author)
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  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Verso Books; Rev Exp edition (4 Sep 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 185984328X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1859843284
  • Product Dimensions: 19.1 x 14.5 x 1.7 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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"Ricky Martin, Sammy Samosa, Jennifer Lopez, Christina Aguilera - something is happening to American popular culture. Mike Davis pulls together the startling facts, identifies the underlying trends and... brings his characteristic energy, eye for detail and exhaustive research to bear on an important phenomenon that remains mostly unexplored." - Jon Wiener, In These Times "This well-researched, well-written book is driven by powerful feelings of indignation at the hardships Latinos are suffering in the United states today." - Washington Post "Fans of Mike Davis's slash-and-burn prose and take-no-prisoners credo will not be disappointed ... His new bo0ok about citified Latinos serves up more helpings of the elegant muckraking that thrilled the readers of City of Quartz and Ecology of Fear." - Andrew Ross, Bookforum "A non-romantic, optimistic view of the role Latinos will play in revitalizing dead urban areas and a dying American Left." - San Francisco Bay Guardian "Another contemporary classic of Urban Studies from Davis. A wake-up call for anyone who cares about the future of American cities." - Kirkus Reviews


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Winner of the 2001 Carey McWilliams Award. This paperback edition of Mike Davis's investigation into the Latinization of America incorporates the extraordinary findings of the 2000 Census as well as new chapters on the militarization of the Border and violence against immigrants.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting counterpoint to the usual view of immigration, 15 Dec 2001
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This review is from: Magical Urbanism: Latinos Reinvent the US City (Haymarket Series) (Hardcover)
"Magical Urbanism" is a study of Hispanic communities in the USA, their histories, and their effects upon their towns and cities.

The book points out that Hispanic communities are among the fastest growing in the USA, and are thus likely to become increasingly important economically and politically. Each chapter of the book deals with particular aspects of the broader topic, from the opening chapter outlining the demographic position of Hispanic communities in America's larger cities, through to chapters specifically about immigration, the built environment, economics, labour and cultural exchange, to name a few. It's a refreshing read, making a number of points that usually escape mass media debates on immigration and minority (although as Davis points out, in some cities, Hispanic residents actually form a majority) communities. Davis also writes eloquently about the problems these communities encounter, paticularly well in the chapter "The Puerto Rican Tragedy", pointing out that obvious solutions (the granting of citizenship to some illegal immigrants) don't always work as expected.

I'd recommend this book to anyone with an interest in immigration/minority community issues. It can be a rather dry read at times (there are paragraphs that seem to be composed entirely of densely packed percentages and figures), but this is a book that, in my opinion, is well worth your time.

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