Voices from Mariel - Oral Histories of the 1980 Cuban Boatlift

Based on the documentary Voices from Mariel.

About the author

Jose Manuel Garcia is associate professor of Spanish and Latin American studies at Florida Southern College. He wrote the script for the international award-winning documentary Voices From Mariel and is the author of La literatura cubanoamericana y su imagen.

Summary

Between April and September 1980, more than 125,000 Cuban refugees fled their homeland, seeking freedom from Fidel Castro's dictatorship. Told in the words of the immigrants themselves, the stories in Voices from Mariel offer an up-close view of this international crisis, the largest oversea mass migration in Latin American history.

Product details

• Authors: JosT Manuel Garcfa, Jos' Manuel Garcia, Jose Manuel Garcia, José Manuel García
• Publisher: University Press Of Florida
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2018
• EAN: 9780813056661
• ISBN: 978-0-8130-5666-1
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Amerikanische Geschichte, Süd- und Zentralamerika (inklusive Mexiko), Lateinamerika, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, USA Süden, South Atlantic States, HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV), History - General History, HISTORY / Latin America / General