A Place to be: Brazilian, Guatemalan, and Mexican Immigrants in Florida's New Destinations

Philip J. Williams, Timothy J. Steigenga, Manuel A. Vásquez

Rutgers University Press, 2009 - Social Science - 238 pages

A Place to Be is the first book to explore migration dynamics and community settlement among Brazilian, Guatemalan, and Mexican immigrants in America's new South. The book adopts a fresh perspective to explore patterns of settlement in Florida, including the outlying areas of Miami and beyond. The stellar contributors from Latin America and the United States address the challenges faced by Latino immigrants, their cultural and religious practices, as well as the strategies used, as they move into areas experiencing recent large-scale immigration.

Contributors to this volume include Patricia Fortuny Loret de Mola, Carol Girón Solórzano, Silvia Irene Palma, Lúcia Ribeiro, Mirian Solfs Lizama, José Claúdio Souza Alves, Timothy J. Steigenga, Manuel A. Vásquez, and Philip J. Williams.

About the author

Philip J. Williams is a professor of political science at the University of Florida and coeditor of Christianity, Social Change, and Globalization in the Americas (Rutgers University Press).Timothy J. Steigenga is a professor of political science at Florida Atlantic University and coeditor of Conversion of a Continent (Rutgers University Press).Manuel A. Vásquez is an associate professor of religion at the University of Florida and coauthor of Globalizing the Sacred (Rutgers University Press).

Bibliographic information

• Title: A Place to be: Brazilian, Guatemalan, and Mexican Immigrants in Florida's New Destinations
• Editors: Philip J. Williams, Timothy J. Steigenga, Manuel A. Vásquez
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press, 2009
• ISBN: 0813544939, 9780813544939
• Length: 238 pages
• Subjects: Social Science / Emigration & Immigration; Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / Hispanic American Studies; Social Science / Sociology / General