Crossing the Water and Keeping the Faith: Haitian Religion in Miami

by Alex Stepick and Terry Rey

Book Overview

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, their children, and now their grandchildren, as well as more
recently arriving immigrants from Haiti, have diversified socioeconomically.
Together, they have made South Florida home to the largest population of
native-born...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814777090
• ISBN13: 9780814777091
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"