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

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"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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Castillo, Thomas A., 1971- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2022]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Working class.
Social conflict.
Service industries workers.
Services (Industrie) > Personnel > Floride > Miami > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Travailleurs > Floride > Miami > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Service industries workers > Florida > Miami > History > 20th century.
Social conflict > Florida > Miami > History > 20th century.
Working class > Florida > Miami > History > 20th century.
Florida > Miami.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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