Joseph A. Rodriguez

Right to the Road

How Marginalized American Motorists Fought to Drive and Park

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Produktbeschreibung

This book discusses how car ownership plays a central role in both past and present debates about urban redevelopment, racialized policing, women's employment, the anti-immigrant movement, homelessness, disability rights, and most recently, the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 615g
• ISBN-13: 9781666927740
• ISBN-10: 1666927740
• Artikelnr.: 70061597

Autorenporträt

Joseph A. Rodriguez is professor of history and urban studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: Driving and Parking in Milwaukee
Chapter 2: Policing Traffic, Parking, and Race in Chicago
Chapter 3: Meter Maids, Parking Enforcement, and Race
Chapter 4: Immigrants and Automobiles: Demonizing the Latino Driver
Chapter 5: The Goal is Mobility: Driving and Disability
Chapter 6: "I'm Not Homeless. My home is Homeless": Vehicle Dwellers and
Safe Parking
Chapter 7: Cars, Covid, and Protest
References
About the Author