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This land is our land [electronic resource] : immigrants and power in Miami / Alex Stepick [and others]

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Drawing from in-depth fieldwork in the city and looking closely at events such as the Elian Gonzalez case, this text examines interactions between immigrants and established Americans in Miami to address fundamental questions of American identity and multiculturalism.

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Online Access: Full Text (via De Gruyter)
Other Authors: Stepick, Alex
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2003.
Subjects:
Miami (Fla.) > Ethnic relations.
Miami (Fla.) > Politics and government.
Miami (Fla.) > Economic conditions.
Immigrants > Florida > Miami > Social conditions.
Minorities > Florida > Miami > Social conditions.
Cuban Americans > Florida > Miami > Social conditions.
Elite (Social sciences) > Florida > Miami.
Power (Social sciences) > Florida > Miami.
Ethnic conflict > Florida > Miami.
Cuban Americans > Social conditions.
Economic history.
Elite (Social sciences)
Ethnic conflict.
Ethnic relations.
Immigrants > Social conditions.
Minorities > Social conditions.
Politics and government.
Power (Social sciences)
Florida > Miami.
Table of Contents:
  • Becoming American : it's not a one-way street
  • Competing elites : Cuban power, Anglo conversion, and frustrated African Americans
  • Working in the USA : ethnic segregation and bureaucratizing interaction
  • Just comes and cover-ups : African Americans and Haitians in high school
  • Making it work : interaction, power, and accommodation in inter-ethnic relations.

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