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Frommer's easyguide to Miami & the Keys
David Paul Appell, a resident of Miami, has an illustrious record in journalism, including scores of travel articles for major magazines, and long stints as a top editor of important travel magazines. This new edition of his previous \"Miami and Key West\" has been brought thoroughly up-to-date, including close attention to towns along the route to Key West, and to the continuing growth of Miami and Miami Beach in art galleries, museums, nightspots, and remarkable restaurants. As a fervent admirer of south Florida, he brings both color and practicality to this Easy Guide.
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Churches and Charity in the Immigrant City
In addition to being a religious countryùover ninety percent of Americans believe in God--the United States is also home to more immigrants than ever before.Churches and Charity in the Immigrant Cityfocuses on the intersection of religion and civic engagement among Miami's immigrant and minority groups. The contributors examine the role of religious organizations in developing social relationships and how these relationships affect the broader civic world. Essays, for example, consider the role of leadership in the promotion and creation of \"civic social capital\" in a Haitian Catholic church, transnational ties between Cuban Catholics in Miami and Havana, and several African American congregations that serve as key comparisons of civic engagement among minorities.
This book is important not only for its theoretical contributions to the sociology of religion, but also because it gives us a unique glimpse into immigrants' civic and religious lives in urban America.
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This Land Is Our Land
For those opposed to immigration, Miami is a nightmare. Miami is the de facto capital of Latin America; it is a city where immigrants dominate, Spanish is ubiquitous, and Denny's is an ethnic restaurant. Are Miami's immigrants representative of a trend that is undermining American culture and identity? Drawing from in-depth fieldwork in the city and looking closely at recent events such as the Elián González case, This Land Is Our Land examines interactions between immigrants and established Americans in Miami to address fundamental questions of American identity and multiculturalism. Rather than focusing on questions of assimilation, as many other studies have, this book concentrates on interethnic relations to provide an entirely new perspective on the changes wrought by immigration in the United States. A balanced analysis of Miami's evolution over the last forty years, This Land Is Our Land is also a powerful demonstration that immigration in America is not simply an \"us versus them\" phenomenon.
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Crossing the Water and Keeping the Faith
Beginning in the late 1970s and early 1980s, significant numbers of Haitian immigrants began to arrive and settle in Miami. Overcoming some of the most foreboding obstacles ever to face immigrants in America, they have diversified socioeconomically. Together, they have made South Florida home to the largest population of native-born Haitians and diasporic Haitians outside of the Caribbean and one of the most significant Caribbean immigrant communities in the world. Religion has played a central role in making all of this happen. Crossing the Water and Keeping the Faith is a historical and ethnographic study of Haitian religion in immigrant communities, based on fieldwork in both Miami and Haiti, as well as extensive archival research. Where many studies of Haitian religion limit themselves to one faith, Rey and Stepick explore Catholicism, Protestantism, and Vodou in conversation with one another, suggesting that despite the differences between these practices, the three faiths ultimately create a sense of unity, fulfillment, and self-worth in Haitian communities. This meticulously researched and vibrantly written book contributes to the growing body of literature on religion among new immigrants.Terry Reyis Associate Professor of Religion at Temple University. He is the coeditor (with Alex Stepick and Sarah Mahler) ofChurches and Charity in the Immigrant City: Religion, Immigration, and Civic Engagement in Miami.Alex Stepickis Professor of Sociology at Portland State University and Professor of Global and Sociocultural Studies at Florida International University. He is coauthor (with Alejandro Portes) ofCity on the Edge: The Transformation of Miami.In theNorth American Religionsseries
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The Coral Way bilingual program
\"This book introduces readers to the first publicly funded, two-way bilingual program in the United States, Coral Way Elementary School. It provides an accurate, clear and accessible examination of the program, its historical, social and political origins, its successes and its relevance for future bilingual programs\"-- Provided by publisher.
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The Miami Times and the Fight for Equality
This book helps inject the Miami Times into the historical narrative of the Civil Rights Movement in Florida by highlighting its role in Rice v Arnold, a 1949 lawsuit filed by black recreational golfers in Miami to oppose segregation on the city's public golf course.Founded in 1923 by Bahamian-born H.E.S.
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The Coral Way Bilingual Program
This book introduces readers to the first publicly funded,
two-way bilingual program in the United States, Coral Way
Elementary School. It details the historical, social and political
origins of the school; reviews the various discussions and
conceptualization of the bilingual education program as a 50:50
model; and describes the training of the teachers and their work in
designing curriculum for the bilingual students. Finally, it
reviews whether the program was a success and outlines what lessons
can be learned from the Coral Way Experiment for future bilingual
programs. It is essential reading for all scholars of dual language
education, for educational historians, for students of language
policy and planning, and for teachers and educators who work in the
context of dual language education in the US and worldwide.
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