This Land Is Our Land

by Dunn, Marvin

• ISBN13: 9780520233973
• ISBN10: 0520233972
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-05-01
• Publisher: Univ of California Pr

Summary

For those opposed to immigration, Miami is a nightmare. Miami is the de facto capital of Latin America; it is a city where immigrants dominate, Spanish is ubiquitous, and Denny's is an ethnic restaurant. Are Miami's immigrants representative of a trend that is undermining American culture and identity? Drawing from in-depth fieldwork in the city and looking closely at recent events such as the Eliaacute;n Gonzaacute;lez case,This Land Is Our Landexamines interactions between immigrants and established Americans in Miami to address fundamental questions of American identity and multiculturalism. Rather than focusing on questions of assimilation, as many other studies have, this book concentrates on interethnic relations to provide an entirely new perspective on the changes wrought by immigration in the United States. A balanced analysis of Miami's evolution over the last forty years,This Land Is Our Landis also a powerful demonstration that immigration in America is not simply an "us versus them" phenomenon.

Author Biography

Alex Stepick is Director of the Immigration and Ethnicity Institute and Professor of Anthropology and Sociology at Florida International University Guillermo Grenier is Professor of Sociology and Anthropology and former Director of the Center for Labor Research and Studies at Florida International University Max Castro is Senior Research Associate at Dante B. Fascell North-South Center, University of Miami Marvin Dunn is Professor and Chair, Psychology Department, Florida International University

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Becoming American: It's Not a One-Way Street	1	(33)
Competing Elites: Cuban Power, Anglo Conversion, and Frustrated African Americans	34	(55)
Working in the USA: Ethnic Segregation and Bureaucratizing Interaction	89	(25)
Just Comes and Cover-Ups: African Americans and Haitians in High School	114	(24)
Making It Work: Interaction, Power, and Accommodation in Inter-Ethnic Relations	138	(21)
Methodology Appendix	159	(8)
Notes	167	(4)
References	171	(12)
Index	183