Llana Barber: 2 books
Latino City
Immigration and Urban Crisis in Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1945–2000
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2017
Latino Cityexplores the transformation of Lawrence, Massachusetts, into New England's first Latino-majority city. Like many industrial cities, Lawrence entered a downward economic spiral in the decades after World War II due to deindustrialization and suburbanization. The arrival of tens of thousands...
Confronting Urban Legacy
Rediscovering Hartford and New England's Forgotten Cities
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
In a field over-saturated with research on global cities and megacities, this is the first academic book to analyze specifically small cities and regions in New England. Focusing on the dynamic urban/global legacy of Hartford, Connecticut, the volume is bolstered by comparative chapters on Portland,...