City on the Edge by Alejandro Portes, Alex Stepick

City on the Edge The Transformation of Miami

by Alejandro Portes (Author), Alex Stepick (Author)
September 1993
First Edition
Paperback
$31.95, £27.00
Courses
Urban Sociology Introduction to Latino/a Studies
Title Details

Rights: Available worldwide
Pages: 304
ISBN: 9780520089327
Trim Size: 6 x 9

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About the Book

Winner, 1995 American Sociological Association Robert E. Park Award?

Projecting fantasies of wealth and excess, Miami, "America's Riviera," occupies a unique place in our national imagination. Uncovering the hidden story of this dreamlike place, Portes and Stepick explore the transformations of Miami from a light-hearted tourist resort to a troubled, complex city.

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Miami: The Global City

Sociologist Alejandro Portes spoke with Richard Florida of CityLab to discuss Miami’s role in the global community. Portes, the author of The Global Edge: Miami in the Twenty-First Century with Ariel C. …

Reviews

“Through demographic data, newspaper articles, interviews with black, Jewish, Anglo, Cuban and Nicaraguan leaders, and their own research, 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

"This book belongs in the hands of everyone who cares deeply about South Florida's future."—Miami Herald

List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Change Without a Blueprint
2. A Year to Remember: Mariel
3. A Year to Remember: The Riot and the Haitians
4. The Early Years
5. Enter the Cubans
6. How the Enclave Was Built
7. A Repeat Performance? The Nicaraguan Exodus
8. Lost in the Fray: Miami's Black Minorities
9. Reprise
Postscript: In the Eye of the Storm
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Awards

Princess of Asturias Prize in the Social Sciences 2019, Spanish Crown
First winner of the Anthony Leeds Book Prize, Society for Urban Anthropology
Robert E. Park Award for the best book in Urban and Community Sociology, American Sociological Association