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How a protest galvanized a cultural identity for Filipino Americans

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"[Habal's] analysis of the shifting alliances among local politicians, tenant rights groups, and the I-Hotel leadership is particularly insightful as is her analysis of [the Union of Democratic Filipinos]... Habal has provided an invaluable study of an important movement struggle." -Journal of American History

Table of Contents
Introduction "Coming Home to a Fresh Crop of Rice"; 1 Manilatown, Manongs, and the Student Radicals; 2 A Home or a Parking Lot: Human Rights vs. Property Rights, 1968-1969; 3 Peace with a Lease, 1969-1974; 4 The Tiger Leaps: Fighting the Four Seas Investment Corporation, 1974-1977; 5 "Makibaka! Dare to Struggle!" The IHTA and the KDP, 1977; 6 People's Power vs. Propertied Elites, 1977; 7 The Fall of the I-Hotel, 1977-1979; Conclusion: The Rise of the I-Hotel, 1979-2005

San Francisco's International Hotel: Mobilizing

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      Publisher: Temple University Press,U.S.
      Publication Date: 15/06/2007
      ISBN13: 9781592134458, 978-1592134458
      ISBN10: 1592134459

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      How a protest galvanized a cultural identity for Filipino Americans

      Trade Review
      "[Habal's] analysis of the shifting alliances among local politicians, tenant rights groups, and the I-Hotel leadership is particularly insightful as is her analysis of [the Union of Democratic Filipinos]... Habal has provided an invaluable study of an important movement struggle." -Journal of American History

      Table of Contents
      Introduction "Coming Home to a Fresh Crop of Rice"; 1 Manilatown, Manongs, and the Student Radicals; 2 A Home or a Parking Lot: Human Rights vs. Property Rights, 1968-1969; 3 Peace with a Lease, 1969-1974; 4 The Tiger Leaps: Fighting the Four Seas Investment Corporation, 1974-1977; 5 "Makibaka! Dare to Struggle!" The IHTA and the KDP, 1977; 6 People's Power vs. Propertied Elites, 1977; 7 The Fall of the I-Hotel, 1977-1979; Conclusion: The Rise of the I-Hotel, 1979-2005

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