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Miami
Anthony P. Maingot
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Description for Miami
Paperback. Series: Cities of the Imagination. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; HBJK; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 354.
Miami, or 'Sweet Water' in the Creek Indian language, is one of the newest cities in the United States. While northern Florida was fought over by European powers and finally taken by the Americans as part of the slave-worked plantation South, Miami lay largely ignored and populated by more alligators than humans until its incorporation as a city in 1896. The driving force was Henry Flagler, who brought his railroad down to Miami and from there to Key West and trade with Cuba. Once settled, 'Tin Can' tourists from the North, Midwest and South rode their Model-T Fords down to ... Read more
Miami, or 'Sweet Water' in the Creek Indian language, is one of the newest cities in the United States. While northern Florida was fought over by European powers and finally taken by the Americans as part of the slave-worked plantation South, Miami lay largely ignored and populated by more alligators than humans until its incorporation as a city in 1896. The driving force was Henry Flagler, who brought his railroad down to Miami and from there to Key West and trade with Cuba. Once settled, 'Tin Can' tourists from the North, Midwest and South rode their Model-T Fords down to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Signal Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Series
Cities of the Imagination
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781908493743
SKU
V9781908493743
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About Anthony P. Maingot
Anthony P. Maingot, Ph.D. is Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Founding Professor at Florida International University in Miami. He has lived in Miami since 1972.
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