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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910807074603321
• Autore: Stepick Alex
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003
• ISBN: 1-59734-952-6; 9786612762680; 1-282-76268-0; 0-520-93646-9
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• 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.