The immigrant divide [[electronic resource] ] : how Cuban Americans changed the U.S. and their homeland / / Susan Eva Eckstein
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| Autore: |
Eckstein Susan <1942->
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| Titolo: |
The immigrant divide [[electronic resource] ] : how Cuban Americans changed the U.S. and their homeland / / Susan Eva Eckstein
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| 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 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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