book chapter

How the enclave was built

City on the edge : the transformation of MiamiBerkeleyPublished In 1993 • Pages: 123-149, 241-244

By: Portes, Alejandro, Stepick, Alex.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is essentially a study of Cuban American economic development in Miami, Florida following the major influx of Cuban refugees to the United States during the 1960s to 1980s.The author highlights several Cuban entrepreneural enterprises in the Miami area, and discusses their origins, managerial personnel, sources of investment capital, growth, and labor policies. There is also some discussion in this work on the attitudes of the Cuban exiles toward the Castro government, and on Cuban American right-wing politics.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Economic planning and development
Mercantile business
Individual enterprise
Political movements
Hospitals and clinics
Ethnosociology
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Cuban Americans
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
1998
RegionThe area the document pertains to
North America
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
book chapter
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Sociologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
John Beierle ; 1997
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1960s-1980s
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Miami, Florida, United States
NotesAdditional notes
Alejandro Portes and Alex Stepick
Includes bibliographical references
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
92039417
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Cuban Americans