Havana USA: Cuban Exiles and Cuban Americans in South Florida, 1959-1994 / Edition 1

by Maria Cristina Garcia

Overview

In the years since Fidel Castro came to power, the migration of close to one million Cubans to the United States continues to remain one of the most fascinating, unusual, and controversial movements in American history. María Cristina García—a Cuban refugee raised in Miami—has experienced firsthand many of the developments she describes, and has written the most comprehensive and revealing account of the postrevolutionary Cuban migration to date. García deftly navigates the dichotomies and similarities between cultures and among generations. Her exploration of the complicated realm of Cuban American identity sets a new standard in social and cultural history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780520211179
Publisher:	University of California Press
Publication date:	10/28/1997
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	239
Sales rank:	1,161,779
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

María Cristina García is Assistant Professor of History at Texas A&M University.

Table of Contents

PREFACE
INTRODUCTION

PART ONE: THE EMIGRATION
1 Exiles, Not Immigrants
Cuban Immigration to the United States,
1959-1973
2
The Marie! Boatlift of 1980
Origins and Consequences

PART TWO: THE EMIGRE' S
3
Defining an Identity in the United States
4
The Evolution of Cuban Exile Politics
5
Cuban Writers and Scholars in Exile

Conclusion

NOTES
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX

Editorial Reviews

A comprehensive and revealing account of the postrevolutionary Cuban migration and the cultural, economic, and political evolution of the Cuban community in south Florida, where over half of the emigres make their homes. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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