San Francisco's International Hotel: Mobilizing the Filipino American Community in the Anti-Eviction Movement

by Estella Habal

Overview

San Francisco's International Hotel is part history and part memoir. It presents the struggle to save the International Hotel in the San Francisco neighborhood known as Manilatown, which culminated in 1977 with the eviction of elderly tenant activists. In telling this compelling story, Estella Habal features her own memories of the antieviction movement, focusing on the roles of Filipino Americans and their participation in both the anti-eviction protests and the nascent Asian American movement.

About the Author:
Estella Habal is Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies, Department of Social Science, San Jose State University, and a member of the Board of Directors, Manilatown Heritage Foundation

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781592134458
Publisher:	Temple University Press
Publication date:	06/15/2007
Series:	Asian American History & Cultu
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Estella Habal is Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies, San Jose State University, and a member of the Board of Directors, Manilatown Heritage Foundation.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     vii
Acronyms     xi
Chronology of Legal and Political Events     xiii
Introduction: "Coming Home to a Fresh Crop of Rice"     1
Manilatown, Manongs, and the Student Radicals     9
A Home or a Parking Lot? Human Rights versus Property Rights, 1968-69     33
"Peace with a Lease": Renovation and Revolution, 1969-74     52
The Tiger Leaps: Fighting the Four Seas Investment Corporation, 1974-77     77
"Makibaka! Dare to Struggle!" The IHTA and the KDP, 1977     99
People's Power versus Propertied Elites, 1977     124
The Fall of the I-Hotel: Eviction and Demolition, 1977-79     146
Conclusion: The Rise of the I-Hotel, 1979-2005     171
Notes     189
Bibliography     209
Index     219

Editorial Reviews

"[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

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