City on the Edge: The Transformation of Miami

by Alejandro Portes

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Winner, 1995 American Sociological Association Robert E. Park Award? Projecting fantasies of wealth and excess, Miami, "America's Riviera," occupies a unique place in our national imagination. Uncovering the hidden story of this dreamlike place, Portes and Stepick explore the transformations of Miami from a light-hearted tourist resort to a troubled, complex city.

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Alejandro Portes is Professor of Sociology and founding director of the Center for Migration and Development, Princeton University, and Research Professor, University of Miami. Rubn G. Rumbaut is Professor of Sociology, University of California, Irvine, and founding chair of the International Migration Section of the American Sociological show more Association. They are the coauthors of Legacies: The Story of the Immigrant Second Generation and coeditors of Ethnicities: Children of Immigrants in America. show less

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Miami, Florida, USA

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Nonfiction, Anthropology, Sociology, General Nonfiction, History
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305.8Society, government, & cultureSocial sciences, sociology & anthropologySocial group - Age, Gender, EthnicityEthnic and national groups
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F319 .M6 .P68Local History of the United States, Canada and Latin AmericaUnited States local historyFlorida
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