Power at the Roots : Gentrification, Community Gardens, and the Puerto Ricans of the Lower East Side 9780739146262, 9780739146248

Through direct engagement with gardeners, activists, and residents, Miranda Martinez shows the breadth and diversity of

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Power at the Roots : Gentrification, Community Gardens, and the Puerto Ricans of the Lower East Side
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Born in Transylvania at the turn of the century, Bella Cohen Spewack arrived on the streets of New York's Lower Eas

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Counter Institution is a history of three re-purposed buildings in the Lower East Side--Peace Pentagon, ABC No Rio, and

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How New York’s Lower East Side inspired new ways of seeing America New York City's Lower East Side, long viewed a

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An intimate and moving portrait of daily life in New York's oldest institution of traditional rabbinic learning N

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Where does power come from? Why does it sometimes disappear? How do groups, like the Puerto Rican community, become impo

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She records the gradual weakening of her family's commitment to religion as they find their way from the shadow of

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A comprehensive portrait of the Puerto Rican community in the United States, from the early colonial period to the prese

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A nuanced portrait of the Puerto Rican community in the US today, as well as the trajectory of its development.

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This landmark book, together with its accompanying CD, captures the heady excitement of the vibrant, irreverent poetry s

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