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Latino Communities In The United States: Place-Making In The Pre-World War Ii, Post-World War, And Contemporary City, Clara Irazabal, Ramzi Farhat

Clara Irazabal

Scholarship on Latino communities in the United States has yet to catch up with the rapid growth of this ethnic population in the country. Understanding the Latino urban experience and developing plans to better respond to both the needs of Latino communities and their integration within society is not only relevant, but also urgently necessary. Using the city of Los Angeles as a main lens, in addition to a general look at the urban Southwest, we contribute to the scholarship on the subject with a review of literature on Latino communities. We structure the review as an assessment of the …