Miami: Mistress of the Americas

by Jan Nijman

Book Overview

As a subtropical city and the southernmost metropolitan area in the United States, Miami has always lured both visitors and migrants from throughout the Americas. During its first half-century they came primarily from the American North, then from the Latin South, and eventually from across the hemisphere and beyond. But if Miami's seductive appeal is one half of the story, the other half is that few people have ever ended up staying there. Today,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081224298X
• ISBN13: 9780812242980
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.0"