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

By: Habal, Estella, 1949-.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Series: Asian American history and culture: Publisher: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2007Description: xix, 227 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Older people -- Housing -- California -- San Francisco | Eviction -- California -- San Francisco | Filipino Americans -- California -- San FranciscoGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 362.6/3 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-218) and index.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.