Resisting Gentrification and Displacement : Voices of Puerto Rican Women of the Barrio Book

	Dedication
	Contents
	Acknowledgments
	List of Illustrations
Ch. 1	Introduction	3
Ch. 2	Urban Redevelopment and Neighborhood Change	21
	Empirical Evidence	22
	Consumption-Side Explanations	23
	Production-Based Perspective	29
	The Chaos and Complexity of Gentrification	33
	Displacement	37
Ch. 3	Puerto Rican Women in New York City	45
	Traditional Economic Activities in New York	45
	Labor and Community Struggles in New York City	48
Ch. 4	The Puerto Rican Experience in New York City	57
	Puerto Rican Migration to the United States: A Brief Overview	57
	Settlement Patterns in New York City	61
	Displacement as a Way of Life	63
	Sunset Park - the Development of a Barrio	69
	The Social Geography of Sunset Park	75
	The Housing Market in Sunset Park and Puerto Rican Households	83
Ch. 5	Defense of Neighborhood, Sunset Park	91
	Housing, a woman's problem	91
	Economic strategies	97
	Social networks: the political response for resisting displacement	103
	Housing Court actions and the role of community organizations	110
	The Extended Household	116
Ch. 6	Identity and Sense of Place	127
	Puerto Rican Experiences with Racism and Segregation	128
	Sense of Place in Sunset Park	137
	The Puerto Rican Gentry	150
	Comments	159
Ch. 7	Conclusions	163
	Findings	164
	Final Comments	174
	Sunset Park: A Sense of Place	177
	Bibliography	183
	Index	203