{"product_id":"south-central-is-home-race-and-the-power-of-community-investment-in-los-angeles-hardback-9780804799812","title":"South Central Is Home; Race and the Power of Community Investment in Los Angeles (Hardback) 9780804799812","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSouth Central Is Home\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eRace and the Power of Community Investment in Los Angeles\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAbigail Rosas (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780804799812\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 23 July 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e272 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eSouth Central Is Home\u003c\/i\u003e offers an illuminating history of one of America's most iconic communities in transition—from the War on Poverty to the War on Drugs. In prose as vivid as her subjects, Abigail Rosas beautifully captures the struggles, tensions, and aspirations of people typically portrayed as perpetrators or victims of unremitting violence—reminding readers that South Central Los Angeles is, indeed, home.\"—Robin D. G. Kelley, author of \u003ci\u003eThelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original\u003c\/i\u003e \"Finding seeds of hope for a better racial future in the stories she uncovers, Abigail Rosas offers profound insights into how ordinary folks did extraordinary things, the remarkable possibilities and limits of multi-racialism, and sweeping transformations in urban life since World War II. \u003ci\u003eSouth Central Is Home\u003c\/i\u003e is a compelling, timely, and imaginative book.\"—Luis Alvarez, University of California, San Diego \"Interdisciplinary in scope and accessible to scholars of race, power, and urbanization, as well as practitioners working with communities at the intersection of these processes, this volume probes how distinct black and brown communities emerged, grew, and shaped each other in LA since the 1960s. Rosas...effectively engages with archival material and several detailed oral histories....Highly recommended.\"—J. deGuzman, \u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e \"Books like Rosas's help to fill an enormous void in both the urban and historical literatures where historical communities of color are often described too simplistically....\u003ci\u003eSouth Central Is Home\u003c\/i\u003e is a very well written urban history that should be a starting point and guide for all future work on the history of South Central and should be mandatory reading for undergraduate and graduate students in both introductory and higher-level social science courses.\"—Robert Vargas, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Journal of Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e \"For young scholars, [\u003ci\u003eSouth Central Is Home\u003c\/i\u003e] provides a model for writing about communities that formed us, communities that we unapologetically love. ....[By] disentangling the rich history of South Central, Rosas shows us the future of cities across the United States.\"—Claudia Sandoval, \u003ci\u003eBoom California\u003c\/i\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eSouth Central Is Home\u003c\/i\u003e covers many of the issues found in interracial urban communities across America, and offers us a better understanding of the notions of race, community and place.\"—Juan Manuel Niño, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Urban Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e \"This is a thoughtful, insightful, and at times, personal history of South Central as a particular space and place. \u003ci\u003eSouth Central is Home\u003c\/i\u003e provides important contributions to our understanding of the City of Los Angeles, the community of South Central, and the often complicated and complex relationships between Latino\/as and African Americans in that community.\"—Robert Bauman, \u003ci\u003ePacific Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eSouth Central Los Angeles is often characterized as an African American community beset by poverty and economic neglect. But this depiction obscures the significant Latina\/o population that has called South Central home since the 1970s. More significantly, it conceals the efforts African American and Latina\/o residents have made together in shaping their community. As residents have faced increasing challenges from diminished government social services, economic disinvestment, immigration enforcement, and police surveillance, they have come together in their struggle for belonging and justice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSouth Central Is Home \u003c\/i\u003e investigates the development of relational community formation and highlights how communities of color like South Central experience racism and discrimination—and how in the best of situations, they are energized to improve their conditions together. Tracking the demographic shifts in South Central from 1945 to the present, Abigail Rosas shows how financial institutions, War on Poverty programs like Headstart for school children, and community health centers emerged as crucial sites where neighbors engaged one another over what was best for their community. Through this work, Rosas illuminates the promise of community building, offering findings indispensable to our understandings of race, community, and place in U.S. society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: Uncovering Black and Latina\/o Relations\u003cbr\u003e  1. Placemaking in Our Community: Race Enterprise and the War on Poverty\u003cbr\u003e  2. \"\u003cbr\u003eLet's Get Them Off to a Headstart!\"\u003cbr\u003e Community Investment in Head Start\u003cbr\u003e  3. \"\u003cbr\u003eThe Wave of the Future\"\u003cbr\u003e: The Emergence of Community Health Clinics\u003cbr\u003e  4. Becoming \"\u003cbr\u003eBonafide\"\u003cbr\u003e Residents: Developing Relational Community Formation\u003cbr\u003e  5. Teaching Together: Interracial Community Organizing\u003cbr\u003e  6. Celebrating Diversity: Selective Inclusion in a Multiracial City\u003cbr\u003e  7. Banking in South Central: The Limitations of Race Enterprises\u003cbr\u003e  Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52551734165784,"sku":"9780804799812","price":66.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/south-central-is-home-race-and-the-power-of-community-investment-in-los-angeles-hardback-9780804799812","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}