03183nam 2200697 a 450 991081673950332120240501004234.01-135-83834-81-282-23499-497866122349960-203-88100-1(CKB)1000000000773600(EBL)446779(OCoLC)449244236(SSID)ssj0000176794(PQKBManifestationID)11156174(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000176794(PQKBWorkID)10207976(PQKB)11247448(MiAaPQ)EBC446779(Au-PeEL)EBL446779(CaPaEBR)ebr10315177(CaONFJC)MIL223499(EXLCZ)99100000000077360020090420d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe immigrant divide how Cuban Americans changed the U.S. and their homeland /Susan Eva Eckstein1st ed.New York ;London Routledgec20091 online resource (311 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-99923-5 0-415-99922-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 traCuban AmericansHistoryCuban AmericansSocial conditionsCuban AmericansPolitics and governmentCubaHistoryRevolution, 1959CubaEmigration and immigrationCubaForeign relationsUnited StatesUnited StatesPolitics and governmentUnited StatesEmigration and immigrationUnited StatesForeign relationsCubaCuban AmericansHistory.Cuban AmericansSocial conditions.Cuban AmericansPolitics and government.973/.04687291Eckstein Susan1942-133970MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816739503321The immigrant divide4107875UNINA