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Coming to Miami: A Social History (Sunbelt Studies)
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Miami deserves a total urban history, and Melanie ShellWeiss is clearly the scholar the city has been waiting for. Coming to Miami is, by far, the best book ever written on the social history of Miami, still a very poorly understood and underresearched major metropolis.Alex Lichtenstein, Rice UniversityBringing together the stories of Jewish immigrant pioneers, African American migrants, Bahamian immigrants, Cuban refugees, Haitian immigrants, and others, ShellWeiss has given us not only a glimpse of Miamis past, but also of Americas future.Elizabeth Clifford, Towson UniversityMiami is the fifth largest urban area in the United States, yet it is a city barely one hundred years old. Originally a small southern town, its population and character have been transformed by successive waves of immigrants.Beginning with the West Indian and Jewish populations who arrived shortly after the citys founding through the Bahamian, Cuban, Haitian, and other Latino groups who immigrated en masse in the second half of the century, Melanie ShellWeiss skillfully interweaves the experiences of Miamis diverse communities into a compelling whole. She not only examines issues of gender, race, and cultural identity but also pays close attention to labor, economics, and workingclass organization and activism, all of which played a role in shaping and reshaping the city into Americas premier polyglot.From pineapple groves to Cuban exiles to South Beach nightclubs, this impeccably researched and lucidly written book reveals much about the Magic Citys multicultural diversity.
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