Havana Usa - Cuban Exiles and Cuban Americans in South Florida, 1959-1994

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

PREFACE
INTRODUCTION

PART ONE: THE EMIGRATION
1 Exiles, Not Immigrants
Cuban Immigration to the United States,
1959-1973
2
The Marie! Boatlift of 1980
Origins and Consequences

PART TWO: THE EMIGRE' S
3
Defining an Identity in the United States
4
The Evolution of Cuban Exile Politics
5
Cuban Writers and Scholars in Exile

Conclusion

NOTES
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX

Über den Autor / die Autorin

María Cristina García is Assistant Professor of History at Texas A&M University.

Zusammenfassung

In the years since Fidel Castro came to power, the migration of close to one million Cubans to the US remains one of the most unusual and controversial movements in America history. The author explores the complicated realm of Cuban American identity.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Maria Cristina Garcia, María Cristina García
• Mitarbeit: Maria Cristina Garcia (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: University Of California Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 28.10.1997
• EAN: 9780520211179
• ISBN: 978-0-520-21117-9
• Seiten: 239
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie > Soziologische Theorien; USA, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, Cuba, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, HISTORY / Caribbean & West Indies / Cuba, Migration, immigration & emigration, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Migration, immigration and emigration, History of the Americas, Civil rights & citizenship, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), Civics and citizenship, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples