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Shell-Weiss, Melanie.

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.

ISBN: 0813032962 (alk. paper) 9780813032962 (alk. paper)

LCCN: 2008033575

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA8D9967 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 014853488 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Immigrants--Social conditions--Florida--Miami--20th century.
African Americans--Social conditions--Florida--Miami--20th century.
Cuban Americans--Social conditions--Florida--Miami--20th century.
Haitian Americans--Social conditions--Florida--Miami--20th century.
Women--Social conditions--Florida--Miami--20th century.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
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.

LC Class. No.: 002 F 319 / S544c 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 975.9/38106