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Author Delerme, Simone Pierre, author

Title Latino Orlando : suburban transformation and racial conflict / Simone Delerme
Published Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 181 pages)
Series Southern dissent
Southern dissent.
Contents Buenaventura lakes -- Latinization, landscapes, and soundscapes -- The fractured American dream -- Social class distinctions and the Latino elite -- The encargado system
Summary "Latino Orlando" portrays the experiences of first- and second-generation immigrants who have come to the Orlando metropolitan area from Puerto Rico, Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, and other Latin American countries. While much research on immigration focuses on urban destinations, Simone Delerme delves into a middle- and upper-class suburban context, highlighting the profound demographic and cultural transformation of an overlooked immigrant hub
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [165]-174) and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 18, 2020)
Subject Hispanic Americans -- Florida -- Orlando -- History
Latin Americans -- Florida -- Orlando -- History
Immigrants -- Florida -- Orlando -- History
Children of immigrants -- Florida -- Orlando -- History
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Children of immigrants
Emigration and immigration
Hispanic Americans
Immigrants
Latin Americans
SUBJECT Orlando (Fla.) -- Emigration and immigration
Subject Florida -- Orlando
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019022120
ISBN 9780813057378
081305737X