Ebook: Miami: A Cultural History

Sociologist and Miami resident Anthony P. Maingot has written a cultural history of this vibrant city, which boasts the highest percentage of foreign-born residents in the US. - City of migrants and tourists: "capital of Latin America and the Caribbean"; Little Havana and Little Haiti; exiles and entrepreneurs; the world's biggest cruise ship hub.

- City of crime: the Prohibition boom; Al Capone, Meyer Lansky and the mob; Miami Vice and modern-day drug crime.

- City of culture: art deco architecture; the Latin recording industry; writers of the Caribbean Diaspora; center of performing arts.