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



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Autore: Eckstein Susan <1942-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: The immigrant divide : how Cuban Americans changed the U.S. and their homeland / / Susan Eva Eckstein Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York ; ; London, : Routledge, c2009
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (311 p.)
Disciplina: 973/.04687291
Soggetto topico: Cuban Americans - History
Cuban Americans - Social conditions
Cuban Americans - Politics and government
Soggetto geografico: 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
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
Titolo autorizzato: The immigrant divide  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-135-83834-8
1-282-23499-4
9786612234996
0-203-88100-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910816739503321
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