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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783169503321

Autore

Stepick Alex

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003

ISBN

1-59734-952-6

9786612762680

1-282-76268-0

0-520-93646-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

StepickAlex

Disciplina

305.8/009759/381

Soggetti

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

Miami (Fla.) Ethnic relations

Miami (Fla.) Politics and government

Miami (Fla.) Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-181) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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 Elián González case, This Land Is Our Land examines 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 Land is also a powerful demonstration that immigration in America is not simply an "us versus them" phenomenon.