Working in the Magic City : Moral Economy in Early Twentieth-Century Miami
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Working Class in American History
ISBN-10
0252044452
ISBN-13
9780252044458
Edition
New
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Imprint
University of Illinois Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 28th, 2022
Print length
296 Pages
Weight
513 grams
Dimensions
23.50 x 15.60 x 2.80 cms
Product Classification:
History of the AmericasPolitics & governmentIndustrial relations, health & safetyLocal history
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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 grassroots politics of the time. Castillo pays particular attention to how class and race relations reflected and reinforced the nature of power in Miami. Class harmony argued against the existence of labor conflict, but in reality obscured how workers struggled within the city's service-oriented seasonal economy. Castillo shows how and why such an ideal thrived in Miami's atmosphere of growth and boosterism and amidst the political economy of tourism. His analysis also presents class harmony as a theoretical framework that broadens our definitions of class conflict and class consciousness.
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