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"Tracing the emergence of the Puerto Rican and Latino presence in Orlando from the 1940s through an ethnographic moment of twenty-first-century electoral redistricting, Sunbelt Diaspora provides a timely prism for viewing how differences of race, class, and place play out in struggles to claim political, social, and economic ground for Latinos"--
Puerto Ricans --- Hispanic Americans --- Politics and government. --- Orlando (Fla.) --- Ethnology --- City of Orlando (Fla.) --- Boricuas
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"Orlando is known internationally as a tourist destination, attracting fifty million visitors each year to its numerous resorts and parks. In all that excitement it's easy to overlook the city's interesting past. In the 1800s, the area was embroiled in the Seminole Wars, and Fort Gatlin was constructed to shield citizens from attacks. Soon, a city grew around the fort. During the cowboy era, thousands of cattle, ranchers and cowboys crossed the central Florida terrain moving livestock. Those pioneers soon moved to farming, and Orlando became the center of the Florida citrus industry. Join author and historian James C. Clark as he reveals the remarkable history of one of the world's most popular destinations"-- "A brief history of Orlando, Florida"--
United States Local History --- Regions & Countries - Americas --- History & Archaeology --- Orlando (Fla.) --- History. --- City of Orlando (Fla.)
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When Korean American Jasmine Yap's long-time boyfriend, Paul, is caught cheating on her, her giant, overprotective family secretly arranges to use her graduation party to introduce her to Orlando's most eligible men.
Dating (Social customs) --- High school graduates --- Orlando (Fla.)
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"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.
Latin Americans --- Immigrants --- Hispanic Americans --- Children of immigrants --- First generation children --- Immigrants' children --- Second generation children --- Hispanics (United States) --- Latino Americans --- Latinos (United States) --- Latinxs --- Spanish Americans in the United States --- Spanish-speaking people (United States) --- Spanish-surnamed people (United States) --- Ethnology --- Spanish Americans (Latin America) --- Emigrants --- Foreign-born population --- Foreign population --- Foreigners --- Migrants --- Persons --- Aliens --- History. --- Orlando (Fla.) --- City of Orlando (Fla.) --- Emigration and immigration.
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In 1985, desiring a meaningful, high-paced career in public service, Rachel Wentz left her university studies to become a firefighter/paramedic. Only the eighth woman hired by the Orlando Fire Department, a highly competitive department steeped in tradition, Wentz excelled, completing an AS in Fire Science, a master's in public administration, and numerous specialized training courses to prepare her for an administrative position within the department. Wentz spent eleven years with OFD, experiencing a career that was every bit as exciting and challenging as she had sought. A moving, candid, a
Allied health personnel --- Women fire fighters --- Fire fighters --- Allied health professionals --- Auxiliary health personnel --- Health auxiliaries --- Health care auxiliaries --- Health care paraprofessionals --- Health services paraprofessionals --- Paramedical personnel --- Paramedics --- Paraprofessionals in health services --- Medical personnel --- Wentz, R. K. --- Orlando (Fla.). --- Orlando Fire Department
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