San Francisco's International Hotel

Habal, Estella, 1949-

San Francisco's International Hotel mobilizing the Filipino American community in the anti-eviction movement / [electronic resource] : Estella Habal. - Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2007. - xix, 227 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. - Asian American history and culture . - Asian American history and culture. .

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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Older people--Housing--California--San Francisco.
Eviction--California--San Francisco.
Filipino Americans--California--San Francisco.


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