David Diaz is a professor with a joint appointmetn in the Urban Planning and Chicano Studies Programs at Cal State-Northridge.

• Preface Part I History of Chicana/o Residential Patterns 1 Introduction: The Structural Influence of Chicanas/os on Spatial Relations in the Cities of the Southwest 2 The Early History of Chicana/o Urban and locational Patterns in the Southwest, 1880-1945 3 Barrio Logic and the Consolidation of Chicanas/os in the City: 1945-1975 4 Transformation of Regional Culture and the Impact of Civil Rights Reforms on Racist Real Estate and Banking Industry Practices: 1075-2000 Part II Major Urban Issues and the Chicana/o Community 5 Housing Policy and the Crisis of Affordability in the Southwest 6 Economic Development in Chicana/o Communities 7 Open Space and Recreation 8 Redevelopment Policy in the Barrio Part III Land Use and Politics Arena in the Post-World War II Suburban Expansion 9 The History of Confrontational Urban Politics: A Reliance on Social Movements 10 The Politics of Environmental Justice in the Southwest 11 The Political and Social Transformation of California Part IV The Future of Urban Policy in the Southwest 12 The New Cities of the Southwest 13 Political Coalitions, Chicanas/os and the Question of Urban Policy 14 Chicanas/os and the Urban Challenges of the Twenty-First Century Appendix Bibliography Index