Coming to Miami : a social history /
Melanie Shell-Weiss.
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2009.
- xv, 337 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
- Sunbelt studies .
- Sunbelt studies. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-321) and index.
A new kind of city, 1880-1900 -- Miami's workingmen and workingwomen, 1901-1919 -- "The color line," 1920-1925 -- "Gateway to the Americas," 1926-1940 -- Economic, political, and physical transformation, 1941-1953 -- Working and organizing, 1954-1963 -- Citizenship and civil rights, 1964-1974 -- Civil rights for a new century, 1975-2000.
Miami (Fla.)--History--20th century. Miami (Fla.)--Social conditions--20th century. Miami (Fla.)--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century. Miami (Fla.)--Population. Miami (Fla.)--Ethnic relations. Miami (Florida, Estados Unidos--Historia--Siglo XX. Miami (Florida, Estados Unidos--Vida social y costumbres. Miami (Florida, Estados Unidos--Aspectos sociales. Miami (Florida, Estados Unidos)--Aspectos culturales.