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Working in the Magic City : Moral Economy in Early Twentieth-Century Miami /

"In the early twentieth century, Miami cultivated an image of itself as a destination for leisure and sunshine free from labor strife. Thomas A. Castillo unpacks this idea of class harmony and the language that articulated its presence by delving into the conflicts, repression, and progressive...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Castillo, Thomas A., 1971- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2022]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: working-class community
  • Class and race in the interwar years
  • Driving and chauffeuring in Miami
  • Fighting the open shop
  • Winter playground blues: unemployment, home labor, and the hobo express
  • Appeals to harmony: Perrine Palmer and transcending scarcity
  • Fighting for social harmony: relief, new deals, and the unemployed
  • Labor marches: class struggle and the marginalization of class.