1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910417820703321

Autore

Ceccuti Cosimo

Titolo

Giovanni Spadolini : quasi una biografia / / Cosimo Ceccuti ; con introduzione e a cura di Gabriele Paolini

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Polistampa

Classificazione

HIST

Disciplina

945

Soggetti

Politicians - Italy

Journalists - Italy

Historians - Italy

Historians

Journalists

Politicians

Politics and government

Biographies.

Biografie

Italy Politics and government 1945-1976

Italy Politics and government 1976-1994

Italy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778054203321

Autore

Eckstein Susan <1942->

Titolo

The immigrant divide [[electronic resource] ] : how Cuban Americans changed the U.S. and their homeland / / Susan Eva Eckstein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; London, : Routledge, c2009

ISBN

1-135-83834-8

1-282-23499-4

9786612234996

0-203-88100-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (311 p.)

Disciplina

973/.04687291

Soggetti

Cuban Americans - History

Cuban Americans - Social conditions

Cuban Americans - Politics and government

Cuba History Revolution, 1959

Cuba Emigration and immigration

Cuba Foreign relations United States

United States Politics and government

United States Emigration and immigration

United States Foreign relations Cuba

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Immigrants and the weight of their past xx -- Immigrant imprint in america xx -- Immigrant politics, for whom and for what? xxx -- The personal is political: bonding across borders xxx -- Cuba through the looking glass xxx -- Transforming transnational ties into economic worth xxx -- Dollarization and its discontents: homeland impact of diaspora generosity xxx -- Reenvisioning immigration xxx.

Sommario/riassunto

Are all immigrants from the same home country best understood as a homogeneous group of foreign-born? Or do they differ in their adaptation and transnational ties depending on when they emigrated and with what lived experiences? Between Castro's rise to power in 1959 and the early twenty-first century more than a million Cubans



immigrated to the United States. While it is widely known that Cuban émigrés have exerted a strong hold on Washington policy toward their homeland, Eckstein uncovers a fascinating paradox: the recent arrivals, although poor and politically weak, have done more to tra