City on the Edge

by Portes, Alejandro

• ISBN13: 9780520089327
• ISBN10: 0520089324
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-08-01
• Publisher: Univ of California Pr

Summary

"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
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