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Author Habal, Estella, 1949-

Title San Francisco's International Hotel [electronic resource] : mobilizing the Filipino American community in the anti-eviction movement / Estella Habal.

Imprint Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2007.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xix, 227 p., [8] p. of plates : ill.
Series Asian American history and culture
Asian American history and culture.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-218) and index.
Contents Introduction : "Coming home to a fresh crop of rice" -- Manilatown, Manongs, and the student radicals -- A home or a parking lot? Human rights vs. property rights, 1968-69 -- "Peace with a lease" : renovation and revolution, 1969-74 -- The tiger leaps : fighting the Four Seas Investment Corporation, 1974-77 -- "Makibaka! Dare to struggle!" : the IHTA and the KDP, 1977 -- People's power versus propertied elites, 1977 -- The fall of the I-Hotel : eviction and demolition, 1977-79 -- Conclusion : the rise of the I-Hotel, 1979-2005.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Older people -- Housing -- California -- San Francisco.
Eviction -- California -- San Francisco.
Filipino Americans -- California -- San Francisco.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9781592134458 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1592134459 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781592134465 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1592134467 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781592134472 (electronic bk.)
1592134475 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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