City on the edge: the transformation of Miami

564 Pages·1994·2.98 MB·English

by  Alejandro Portes, Alex Stepick

City On the Edge : The Transformation of
title:
Miami
author: Portes, Alejandro.; Stepick, Alex.
publisher: University of California Press
isbn10 | asin: 0520089324
print isbn13: 9780520089327
ebook isbn13: 9780585249841
language: English
Miami (Fla.)--Race relations, Miami (Fla.)--
subject Ethnic relations, Miami (Fla.)--Social
conditions, Minorities--Florida--Miami.
publication date: 1994
lcc: F319.M6P68 1994eb
ddc: 305.8/009759/381
Miami (Fla.)--Race relations, Miami (Fla.)--
subject: Ethnic relations, Miami (Fla.)--Social
conditions, Minorities--Florida--Miami.
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City on the Edge
The Transformation of Miami
Alejandro Portes
and
Alex Stepick
University of California Press
Berkeley Los Angeles London
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University of California Press
Berkeley and Los Angeles, California
University of California Press, Ltd.
London, England
© 1993 by
The Regents of the University of California
First Paperback Printing 1994
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Portes, Alejandro, 1944
City on the edge : the transformation of Miami /
Alejandro Portes and Alex Stepick.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-520-08932-4 (alk. paper)
1. Miami (Fla.)Race relations. 2. Miami (Fla.)Ethnic
relations. 3. Miami (Fla.)Social conditions. 4.
MinoritiesFloridaMiami. I. Stepick, Alex. II. Title.
F319.M6P68 1993
305.8´009759´381dc20 92-39417 7
CIP
Printed in the United States of America
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The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements
of American National Standard for Information Sciences-Permanence
of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984.
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For Maria Patricia and Carol,
with thanks
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Contents
List of Illustrations viii
List of Tables x
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xv
1. Change without a Blueprint 1
2. A Year to Remember: Mariel 18
3. A Year to Remember: The Riot and the Haitians 38
4. The Early Years 61
5. Enter the Cubans 89
6. How the Enclave Was Built 123
7. A Repeat Performance? The Nicaraguan Exodus 150
8. Lost in the Fray: Miami's Black Minorities 176
9. Reprise 203
Postscript: In the Eye of the Storm 223
Notes 229
Bibliography 259
Index 275
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Illustrations
Photographs
Following page 107
1. The Miami skyline
2. Sign in Miami
3. Chapel of Our Lady of Charity, Biscayne Bay
4. Bay of Pigs Memorial, Woodlawn Cemetery
5. Flags in Woodlawn Cemetery
6. Domino players in Little Havana
7. Funeral home in Miami
8. Street scene, Little Havana
9. Billboard in Miami
10. Downtown Little Haiti, Miam i
12. Street scene, Little Haiti
13. Haitian boat and captain, Miami River
14. Haitian dock worker, Miami River
15. Haitian agricultural workers, southwest of Miami
16. Haitian bean picker, southwest Dade Count
17. Haitian shoppers in a Cuban-owned market
18. Religious college in Miami Beach
19. Students at Talmudic University, Miami Beach
20. Hasidic Jews, Miami Beach