City on the Edge: The Transformation of Miami

Portes, Alejandro,Stepick, Alex

ISBN 10: 0520089324 / ISBN 13: 9780520089327

Published by University of California Press, 1994

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: City on the Edge: The Transformation of Miami
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520089324
• ISBN 13: 9780520089327
• Binding: perfect
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

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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'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.