Latino Landscapes: A Transnational History of Urban America since 1950

FAIN: FZ-231736-15

Andrew K. Sandoval-Strausz
Regents of the University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001)

A book-length examination of how Latin American migrants and U.S.-born Latinos have created distinctive forms of city life on both sides of the Rio Grande.

At a time when immigration is at the top of the nation’s agenda, public understanding of the issue is often based upon misapprehensions about human migration and its effect on everyday life in the communities of the United States. I intend to write a widely accessible history of how Latin American migrants have settled in U.S. cities and transformed their adopted neighborhoods while at the same time rebuilding the small towns from which they came. In so doing, I hope to bring five years of scholarly research and writing into the public realm in a form that helps people understand the origins and implications of the growing interdependence of people in cities and towns across the Americas. I do so by exploring the history of the biggest immigrant barrios in two of the nation’s largest cities: Chicago’s Little Village community and Dallas’s Oak Cliff neighborhood.

Media Coverage

The Immigrants Trump Denounces Have Helped Revive the Cities He Scorns (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Emily Badger and Quoctrung Bui
Publication: New York Times
Date: 10/15/2019
Abstract: A survey of recent research on immigration to cities that cites me and my book Barrio America
URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/14/upshot/Immigrants-reviving-cities.html

How Latinos Saved American Cities (Media Coverage)
Author(s): A. K. Sandoval-Strausz
Publication: Washington Post
Date: 11/8/2019
Abstract: This is a full-page, front-of-the-opinion-section editorial based on my book Barrio America.
URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/11/08/how-latinos-saved-american-cities/

How Latino Immigrants "Saved the American City" (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Amy Scott
Publication: Marketplace on NPR
Date: 12/26/2019
Abstract: This was a radio interview on Markeplace, the business show by National Public Radio/Public Radio International
URL: https://www.marketplace.org/2019/12/26/how-latino-immigrants-saved-the-american-city/

Who Saved the American City? And Who Almost Destroyed It? (Review)
Author(s): Elena Botella
Publication: Slate
Date: 11/21/2019
Abstract: This is a review of my book Barrio America.
URL: https://slate.com/culture/2019/11/barrio-america-book-review.html

Barrio America: How Latino Immigrants Saved the American City (Review)
Author(s): Richard Feinberg
Publication: Foreign Affairs
Date: 2/16/2021
Abstract: This is a brief review of my book Barrio America
URL: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/capsule-review/2021-02-16/barrio-america-how-latino-immigrants-saved-american-city

No Longer Peripheral: Barrio America (Review)
Author(s): Cesar J. Baldelomar
Publication: Commonweal
Date: 1/30/2020
Abstract: This is a full-length review of my book Barrio America in this leading Catholic publication.
URL: https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/no-longer-peripheral

Cómo los latinos han evitado que muchos barrios en EE.UU. desaparezcan (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Gerardo Lissardy
Publication: BBC News
Date: 4/23/2021
Abstract: This is a Spanish-language article about my book's findings, published through the BBC's Spanish division.
URL: https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-america-latina-56779607

Did Latino Immigrants Save the American City? (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Jake Blumgart
Publication: Governing
Date: 6/16/2022
Abstract: This is an interview with me about my book Barrio America
URL: https://www.governing.com/now/did-latino-immigrants-save-the-american-city

Did Latino Immigrants Save the American City? (Review)
Author(s): Philip Langdon
Publication: Common Edge
Date: 4/25/2020
Abstract: This is a long review of my book Barrio America
URL: https://commonedge.org/did-latino-immigrants-save-americas-cities/

Author Returns Home, Fighting for Immigrants (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Raphael Lassauze
Publication: Riverdale Press
Date: 4/19/2020
Abstract: An article describing my book and a lecture I gave on it at Manhattan College.
URL: https://www.riverdalepress.com/stories/author-returns-home-fighting-for-immigrants,71658

Little Village is Front and Center in New Book (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Edward McClelland
Publication: Chicago Magazine
Date: 12/2/2019
Abstract: This is an interview with me based on my book Barrio America
URL: https://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/December-2019/Little-Village-Is-Front-and-Center-in-New-Book/

American Cities Weren't Revitalized by the White 'Creative Class': Immigrants Made Them Great (Review)
Author(s): Anis K. Shivani
Publication: Texas Observer
Date: 11/12/2019
Abstract: This is a full-length review of my book Barrio America
URL: https://www.texasobserver.org/barrio-america-cities-werent-revitalized-white-creative-class-immigrants-made-them-great/

How Latino immigrants saved Oak Cliff: new book explores immigrants’ contributions to Dallas (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Obed Manuel
Publication: Dallas Morning News
Date: 12/5/2019
Abstract: This is an article describing my book and its findings.
URL: https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/books/2019/12/05/how-latino-immigrants-saved-oak-cliff-new-book-explores-immigrants-contributions-to-dallas/

Los mexicanos salvaron Oak Cliff, revela nuevo libro histórico (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Obed Manuel
Publication: Al Día/Dallas Morning News
Date: 12/6/2019
Abstract: This is the Spanish-language version of the Dallas Morning News article.
URL: https://www.dallasnews.com/espanol/al-dia/dallas-fort-worth/2019/12/06/los-mexicanos-salvaron-oak-cliff-revela-nuevo-libro-historico/

Latinos And The Invention Of The Cool, Walk-able Neighborhood (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Krys Boyd
Publication: Think! on KERA Radio, Dallas
Date: 1/17/2020
Abstract: This is an hour-long radio interview on Dallas Public Radio about my book Barrio America
URL: https://think.kera.org/2020/01/17/latinos-and-the-invention-of-the-cool-walk-able-neighborhood/

Fronteras: 'Barrio America' Explores How Latin American Immigration Revitalized U.S. Cities (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Norma Martínez, Lauren Terrazas
Publication: Fronteras on Texas Public Radio
Date: 1/20/2021
Abstract: This is an interview with me about my book Barrio America
URL: https://www.tpr.org/podcast/fronteras/2021-01-22/fronteras-barrio-america-explores-how-latin-american-immigration-revitalized-u-s-cities

Associated Products

LATINO IMMIGRANTS AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF AMERICAN CITIES, 1950-2010 (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: LATINO IMMIGRANTS AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF AMERICAN CITIES, 1950-2010
Abstract: In places with growing populations of Latino newcomers, barrios have been among the most dynamic neighborhoods in their cities. While their residents often have limited incomes, their property values have been rising while crime is sharply declining; indeed, so much so that these areas are increasingly likely to undergo gentrification. And in places with fewer immigrants, many municipal governments have made official efforts to attract residents from overseas in hopes of harnessing human mobility to revitalize underpopulated neighborhoods—Global Detroit and the Global Cleveland Initiative represent just two programs of this kind. In the meantime, what had been a sustained influx of people from Latin America has largely come to a halt: for example, by the mid-2000s net migration from Mexico had fallen to zero, or, according to some enumerations, become a net emigration. This has not been due to a lack of new arrivals. Rather, it is because many migrants have been departing for their homelands, whether to pursue opportunities or simply retire there; the upshot has been a tide of return migration to Latin America.
Author: A. K. Sandoval-Strausz
Date: 10-28-2015
Location: Delaware Humanities Forum, Wilmington, Delaware
Primary URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4TZ0TKEL9Y
Primary URL Description: A link to the lecture.

Barrio America: How Latino Immigrants Saved the American City (Book)
Title: Barrio America: How Latino Immigrants Saved the American City
Author: Andrew K. Sandoval-Strausz
Year: 2019
Primary URL: https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=1541697243
Primary URL Description: WorldCat entry (1541697243)
Publisher: Basic Books
Type: Single author monograph
ISBN: 1541697243

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