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Going to Miami: Exiles, Tourists and Refugees in the New America
David Rieff
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Description for Going to Miami: Exiles, Tourists and Refugees in the New America
Hardback. Fine copy in fine dust wrapper. DW showing minor shelfwear
Miami has been fashioned by many different groups of people and the author traces this aspect, from the time when real-estate hucksters invented it and architects made it into a theme park of Moorish Spain, to its present day inhabitants. In particular, David Rieff looks at the different nationalities which make up Miami's present population, their contributions to the town and how they have exploited it. The Cubans especially, recognized that drugs were a growth industry in America and encouraged this industry as well as making a success of other financial enterprises they became involved with. Miami is also the ... Read more
Miami has been fashioned by many different groups of people and the author traces this aspect, from the time when real-estate hucksters invented it and architects made it into a theme park of Moorish Spain, to its present day inhabitants. In particular, David Rieff looks at the different nationalities which make up Miami's present population, their contributions to the town and how they have exploited it. The Cubans especially, recognized that drugs were a growth industry in America and encouraged this industry as well as making a success of other financial enterprises they became involved with. Miami is also the ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780747500643
SKU
KSG0004617
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
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