City on the Edge: The Transformation of Miami
Portes, Alejandro,Stepick, Alex
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Language: English
Published by University of California Press, 1994
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- Title
- City on the Edge: The Transformation of Miami
- Author
- Portes, Alejandro,Stepick, Alex
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Publication year
- 1994
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- perfect
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0520089324
- ISBN 13
- 9780520089327
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.
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.
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