Annotated
Bibliography
AreaConnect.com. Miami
Shores, Florida [online]. Accessed 10 December 2004.
Available:
http://miamishores.areaconnect.com/statistics.htm
Area Connect is a
website that provides statistical information about any city
in the United States. It is large search
engine that can function as
a yellow-pages type of service, news source, weather update source, or
one of many other
applications. We used Area Connect to find demographic and population
information
about the city of Miami. The information of
the Area Connect Website
was based on information collected from the 2000 Census.
Australia
Immigration Visa Services, Twenty one ways to Migrate to Australia [online]. 18 December 2004.
Available: http://www.migrationint.com.au/news/seville/sep_2000-05mn.asp
This website was
created by the Australian Immigration Visa Services in order
to help peopleobtain a visa for Australias. The website was
created in response
to the popularity of the book Twenty Ways to
Migrate to Australia. Creating a website
allowed the
Immigration Service to the information without printing a new addition
of the
book. The website was helpful to our project because many Colombians
are
migrating to Australia to escape the
political unrest and
poverty in Colombia.
Beacon
Council. Education in Greater Miami [online]. 10 December 2004.
Available:
http://www.beaconcouncil.com/010110_education.3.asp
The
Beacon Council is Miami-Dade County's Official Economic
Development
partner. It helps to create jobs and opportunities for the people
of the
community. Its comprehensive website provides the results of
research
conducted in the community and compliments this with thorough analyses
of the
information. The site also includes details regarding upcoming
events and
business-related activities in the city. The Beacon Council
is a
helpful site for conducting research on current issues in Miami-Dade
county and
also serves to help small-business owners in the area.
Christoforo-Mitchell,
Rose. The Heritage and Culture of Puerto Ricans [online]. The Yale
College Website.
Accesssed 17
December 2004.
Available:
http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1991/2/91.02.06.x.html#d
The Yale
New Haven Teachers Institute is a result of a joint venture between Yale University and New Haven Public
Schools
aimed at improving and enhancing learning within the local schools. Linked to the Yale University website, the YNHTI’s
online
services include a listing of brochures, reports, publications and
curriculum
resources related to the institute. It contains extensive information
on American
and multi-cultural history, geography, religion, arts, as well as on
other
disciplines in the form of write-ups. One of the sections contained on
the
website the section on The Heritage and Culture of Puerto Ricans.
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Website. Top 25 Colleges for
Latinos[online]. Accessed 10
December 2004. Available: http://www.chci.org/chciyouth/resources/top25.htm
Congressional
Hispanic Caucus Institute is an organization that seeks to enhance
participation of Hispanics in both the public as well as private
spheres of
life. Originally established by five Hispanic Congressmen, the
organization
today has several programs in place aimed at fostering educational,
political,
and civic involvement of Hispanics in the community. The organization
has in
place a CHCI Alumni Association and is also developing partnerships
with other
Latino as well as non-Latino groups. The
website is comprehensive in the information it contains about the
organization’s educational programs, national housing initiative,
publications,
other beneficial resources and events.
Hill, Kevin A.,
and Dario V. Moreno, 2001. Language as a
variable: English, Spanish, ethnicity, and
political opinion polling in South
Florida. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences 23:208-229.
This article provides an interesting
analysis
of surveying and the influence of language when conducting public
opinion surveys. Hill and Moreno, both of the Florida International
Institute, stress the importance of language as a measured social
science concept. They conducted their
research in Miami-Dade County, where they administered six political
surveys, some of which were printed in English, others in Spanish. Hill and Moreno discovered the great importance of
bilingual polling as a result of this experiment. The
article not only reflects new information regarding polling, but also a
well-corroborated argument concerning assimilation.
Hispanic
Magazine.com. Miami [online].
Accessed 19 December 2004. Available:
http://www.hispaniconline.com/
HispanicOnline
is a Hispanic web resource of political, sports, career, employment,
arts and
entertainment news and information relevant and pertinent to the
Hispanic
community. It is under the ownership of the Hispanic Publishing Group,
which
also owns the Hispanic Magazine and
the Hispanic Trends Magazine. Besides
the content mentioned, the website also contains demographics and
polling data
on Hispanics in the United States and education and
technology news
and information, all of which is updated daily. It also consists of a
message
board and is a very useful resource for Hispanics as well as anyone
interested
in learning more about the Hispanic community.
MagazineUSA.com.
Miami, Florida: Little Haiti
[online]. Accessed 19
December 2004.
Available: http://www.magazineusa.com/cityguide/fl_mia/c_little_haiti.asp
MagazineUSA.com
originated as a
German language travel guide to the United States. The
success of the of the online travel guide forced it to expand to an
English
language guide in 2002. MagazineUSA.com promotes tourism in the United States and
offers travelers with the most accurate information about their
destination.
MagazineUSA.com gathers the latest information from tourism bureaus all
over
the world. We were able to attain pertitent information about
events and attractions in Miami from this site.
Miami-Dade County Public Schools. About M-DSPC [online]. Accessed 10 December 2004.
Available: http://www.dadeschools.net/
Miami-Dade County Public Schools'
website provides very thorough information regarding school
performance, district policies, demographics, and urban education
philosophy. The site gives information regarding upcoming events
and opportunities for involvement in the school. The site
provides information regarding its federal funding, its proposed
budget, and goals for the future. We were able to use this site
to attain specific statistical information which we could then analyze
and form conclusions about schools and education in Miami.
Official City of Miami
Website. Allapattah [online]. Accessed 18 December 2004.
Available:
http://www.ci.miami.fl.us/nets/old/alla.html
This is
the official site of the City of Miami. It is
designed to be
helpful to anyone whether you are a resident, visitor, or city
employee. It
includes city departments as well as an extensive list of resources and
contact
information for residents. You can also find factual information about
the city
and visitor information. We were able to find lots of
relevant information about the city of Miami. The website allowed
us to
explore the many different neighborhoods and areas within the city. The website is a
public service
provided by the City of Miami System for both public
and
government personnel use.
Stepick,
A., G. Grenier, M. Castro, and M. Dunn. 2003. This Land Is Our Land: Immigrants
and Power in Miami. Berkeley: University of California Press.
This Land is Our Land is a well-written and
informative
analysis of the immigrant experience coming into the United States. The book shows both how immigrants adjust to
society and how society is shaped by the influence of immigrants. The book is focused around a study that
looked at Latino involvement in Miami schools, workplaces,
and
businesses. In particular, This
Land is Our Land examines the
relationship in these settings between Latinos and people of different
ethnic
backgrounds. It is a very thorough and
comprehensive resource published at UC-Berkeley.
United
States Census Bureau Website. Census 2000 Paints Statistical Portrait
of the Nation's
Hispanic Population [online].
Accessed 10 December 2004. Available:
http://www.census.gov
The website of the
United States Census Bureau
is an extensive resource of periodic information collected on the U.S. population as well as
related demographic
information. The information contained can be separated and searched
for by
topic, geography (state, county, etc.) or time period (the year the
information
was collected for). The website is linked to the American
Fact Finder website which is also a beneficial resource of
statistical data as well as other information contained within the U.S.
Census
Bureau data sets. The Bureau also conducts surveys, many of which are
for federal agencies.
VidaAmericana.com. Miami
Guide. Accessed 15
December 2004. Available:
http://www.vidaamericana.com/miami_guide/
The
website VidaAmericana.com is branched from the website
LivingAmerican.com.
LivingAmerican.com was developed and is sponsored by the Immigration
Law
Offices Incorporated, a law firm based in Miami and Pompano Beach, Florida. This free service
website was
created for immigrants to be a guide through everyday life in the United States. For our purposes we
used the
guide for immigrants in Miami. To gather accurate
information,
LivingAmerican.com has used government and non-profit
organizations.
Wikipedia
Free Online Encyclopedia . Miami, Florida [online].
Accessed 14 December 2004.
Available: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami,_Florida
Wikipedia
is a free online encyclopedia sponsored by the Wikipedia Foundation, an
internationally known non- profit organization. The long standing goal
of the
Wikipedia Foundation is to spread multilingual information to people
all over
the world free of charge. The website provided us with a surplus of
information
about the City of Miami including maps and
many other
interesting facts.
Additional Sources
Aguirre, B. E., Kent
P. Schwirian and Anthony J. La Greca. “The
Residential Patterning of
Latin American and Other
Ethnic Populations in Metropolitan Miami.”
Latin American
Research Review (15) 1980:
35-63.
Free Dictionary
Encyclopedia. Hialeah, Florida [online]. Accessed 14 December 2004. Available:
Miami-Dade County
Department of Planning and Zoning. "Population by Hispanic Origin
by Race" Paper
presented as part of Census 2000
Demographic Profiles, February 2002.
Pew
Hispanic Center/Kaiser Family Foundation. National Survey of
Latinos: The Latino Electorate.
October 2002. Accessed 10 December 2004. Available:
http://www.pewhispanic.org/site/docs/pdf/latino_topline_092002.pdf
Portes, Alejandro and
Saskia Sassen. “Miami:
A New Global City?” Contemporary
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