City on the Edge
by Portes, AlejandroEdition: Reprint
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Pub. Date: 1994-08-01
Publisher(s): Univ of California Pr
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"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 capital . . . in building ethnic solidarity."--"Contemporary Sociology"
Table of Contents
| List of Illustrations | |
| List of Tables | |
| Preface | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| Change Without a Blueprint | p. 1 |
| A Year to Remember: Mariel | p. 18 |
| A Year to Remember: The Riot and the Haitians | p. 38 |
| The Early Years | p. 61 |
| Enter the Cubans | p. 89 |
| How the Enclave Was Built | p. 123 |
| A Repeat Performance? The Nicaraguan Exodus | p. 150 |
| Lost in the Fray: Miami's Black Minorities | p. 176 |
| Reprise | p. 203 |
| Postscript: In the Eye of the Storm | p. 223 |
| Notes | p. 229 |
| Bibliography | p. 259 |
| Index | p. 275 |
| Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved. |
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