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Autore: | Eckstein Susan <1942-> |
Titolo: | The immigrant divide [[electronic resource] ] : how Cuban Americans changed the U.S. and their homeland / / Susan Eva Eckstein |
Pubblicazione: | New York ; ; London, : Routledge, c2009 |
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 | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
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 |
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.: | 9910454896303321 |
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