Right to the Road - How Marginalized American Motorists Fought to Drive and Park

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

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

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Joseph A Rodriguez, Joseph A. Rodriguez, Rodriguez Joseph A.
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.06.2024
• EAN: 9781666927740
• ISBN: 978-1-66692-774-0
• No. of pages: 284
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, TRANSPORTATION / Automotive / General, HISTORY / United States / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Urban communities, Road & motor vehicles: general interest, Road and motor vehicles: general interest