City on the Edge: The Transformation of Miami Book

City on the Edge: The Transformation of Miami, 'America's Riviera, ' projecting fantasies of wealth and excess, Miami occupies a unique place in our national imagination. This thin strip of land between jungle and reef has become the nation's foremost experiment in multicultural living., City on the Edge: The Transformation of Miami

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City on the Edge: The Transformation of Miami
Written by author Alejandro Portes
Published by University of California Press, August 1994
'America's Riviera, ' projecting fantasies of wealth and excess, Miami occupies a unique place in our national imagination. This thin strip of land between jungle and reef has become the nation's foremost experiment in multicultural living.
"The authors reveal how the Cuban success story has transformed the character of Miami while delineating more sharply the identity of other ethnic communities." —New York Times Book Review"Makes a case for the importance of political capit

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List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
1 Change Without a Blueprint 1
2 A Year to Remember: Mariel 18
3 A Year to Remember: The Riot and the Haitians 38
4 The Early Years 61
5 Enter the Cubans 89
6 How the Enclave Was Built 123
7 A Repeat Performance? The Nicaraguan Exodus 150
8 Lost in the Fray: Miami's Black Minorities 176
9 Reprise 203
Postscript: In the Eye of the Storm 223
Notes 229
Bibliography 259
Index 275

Title: City on the Edge: The Transformation of Miami

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University Press

Item Number: 9780520089327

Publication Date: August 1994

Number: 1

Product Description: Full Name: City on the Edge: The Transformation of Miami; Short Name:City on the Edge

Universal Product Code (UPC): 9780520089327

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Rating: 4/5 based on 2 Reviews

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Category: Media >> Books

Weight: 0.200 kg (0.44 lbs)

Width: 6.000 cm (2.36 inches)

Heigh : 9.000 cm (3.54 inches)

Depth: 0.880 cm (0.35 inches)

Date Added: August 25, 2020, Added By: Ross

Date Last Edited: August 25, 2020, Edited By: Ross

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While dated this book is a must read for anyone living in or considering living in Miami. The book traces the evolution of the Cuban community and the overall development of the city of Miami up until the beginning of the 1990's

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	List of Illustrations
	List of Tables
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
1	Change Without a Blueprint	1
2	A Year to Remember: Mariel	18
3	A Year to Remember: The Riot and the Haitians	38
4	The Early Years	61
5	Enter the Cubans	89
6	How the Enclave Was Built	123
7	A Repeat Performance? The Nicaraguan Exodus	150
8	Lost in the Fray: Miami's Black Minorities	176
9	Reprise	203
	Postscript: In the Eye of the Storm	223
	Notes	229
	Bibliography	259
	Index	275