Making Miami: The Historic Rise of the Magic City

Making Miami takes a deep dive into the history, growth, and development of the city not just in terms of real estate but also a number of other topics, including the expansion of a transportation and infrastructural network; tourism; the natural ecosystem and threats from residential, recreational, and industrial development; and issues of race, class, ethnicity, immigration, and nationality.

Laurence R. Samuelholds a PhD in American Studies and an MA in English from the University of Minnesota, an MBA in Marketing from the University of Georgia, and was a Smithsonian Institution Fellow. He blogs for Psychologytoday.com, where he has received over two million hits, and is often quoted in the media. Larry has lived in Miami since 2006.