ISBN:
0520969618
,
9780520969612
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xix, 250 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Portes, Alejandro, 1944- Global edge
DDC:
306.09759/38
Keywords:
Sociology, Urban
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Sociology ; Urban
;
Economic history
;
Social conditions
;
Sociology, Urban
;
POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
;
Miami (Fla.) Social conditions
;
Miami (Fla.) Economic conditions
;
Florida ; Miami
Abstract:
"Over the last quarter of a century, Miami has transformed into a global city. The Global Edge focuses on the social tensions and unexpected consequences of this remarkable process of change. The rise of a finance and banking center without parallel in the South and the simultaneous emergence of a highly diverse but contentious ethnic mosaic are described and explained. Although Miami is like no other American city, its present condition and future course provides key lessons for other metropolitan areas and for the nation as a whole."--Provided by publisher
Abstract:
Prescript: in the eye of the storm, 1992 -- Introduction: A city in flux -- The demographic and ecology of the city -- Between transience and attachment -- The economic surge -- Crime and victimization in Miami -- A bifurcated enclave: The economic evolution of the Cuban and Cuban-American Population of Miami -- Miami through Latin American eyes -- The ethnic mosaic and the power elite -- Driving into the flood: Traffic and climate change.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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