ISBN:
9780520233973
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0520233972
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9780520233980
,
0520233980
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9780520936461
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0520936469
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1417525452
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9781417525454
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (viii, 192 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version This land is our land
DDC:
305.8009759381
Keywords:
Immigrants Social conditions
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Florida
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Miami
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Minorities Social conditions
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Florida
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Miami
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Cuban Americans Social conditions
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Florida
;
Miami
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Elite (Social sciences) Florida
;
Miami
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Power (Social sciences) Florida
;
Miami
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Ethnic conflict Florida
;
Miami
;
Immigrants Social conditions
;
Minorities Social conditions
;
Cuban Americans Social conditions
;
Elite (Social sciences)
;
Power (Social sciences)
;
Ethnic conflict
;
Power (Social sciences)
;
Ethnic conflict
;
Cuban Americans Social conditions
;
Elite (Social sciences)
;
Minorities Social conditions
;
Immigrants Social conditions
;
Electronic books
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies
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Cuban Americans ; Social conditions
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Economic history
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Elite (Social sciences)
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Ethnic conflict
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Ethnic relations
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Immigrants ; Social conditions
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Minorities ; Social conditions
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Politics and government
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Power (Social sciences)
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
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Miami (Fla.) Ethnic relations
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Miami (Fla.) Politics and government
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Miami (Fla.) Economic conditions
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Florida
;
Miami
;
Miami (Fla.) Ethnic relations
;
Miami (Fla.) Politics and government
;
Miami (Fla.) Economic conditions
;
Miami (Fla.) Politics and government
;
Miami (Fla.) Economic conditions
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Miami (Fla.) Ethnic relations
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Florida ; Miami
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
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.
Abstract:
Drawing from in-depth fieldwork in the city and looking closely at events such as the Elian Gonzalez case, this text examines interactions between immigrants and established Americans in Miami to address fundamental questions of American identity and multiculturalism
Description / Table of Contents:
Becoming American : it's not a one-way streetCompeting 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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-181) and index. - Description based on print version record
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