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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789914103321

Autore

Cervantes-Rodríguez Ana Margarita

Titolo

International migration in Cuba : accumulation, imperial designs, and transnational social fields / / Margarita Cervantes-Rodríguez ; with a foreword by Alejandro Portes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University Park, Pennsylvania : , : Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2010]

©2010

ISBN

0-271-07367-5

0-271-05882-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 323 p. ) : ill. ;

Disciplina

304.8097291

Soggetti

Cubans - Migrations - History

Immigrants - Cuba - History

United States Emigration and immigration History

Cuba Emigration and immigration History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [291]-316) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The theoretical framework -- Accumulation, colonialism, modernity, and imperial rivalry -- Migration and other transnational processes in the colonial-postcolonial transition -- Migration within the U.S. sphere of influence -- Cuba's Cold War revolution and migration -- Transnational social fields between Cuba and the United States at the beginning of the twenty-first century -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Sample of enterprises with strong links to Spanish migrants in the Americas -- Appendix B: Chronology of major events, agreements, laws, and regulations affecting Cuban migration to the United States, 1959-2009.

Sommario/riassunto

"Examines the impact of international migration on the society and culture of Cuba since the colonial period"--Provided by publisher.