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The Cuban Americans
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Miguel Gonzalez-Pando
ISBN: 0-313-29824-6
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-29824-0
224 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 4/30/1998
List Price: $55.00 (UK Sterling Price: £37.95)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects:
Series Title: The New Americans
Description: Today more than one million emigrés make up the Cuban diaspora, and many, though living in America, still consider themselves part of Cuba. This book captures the struggles and dreams of Cuban Americans. Using this resource, students, teachers, and interested readers can examine the engaging and often controversial details of Cuban immigration. Such details include patterns of immigration, adaptation to American life and work, cultural traditions, religious traditions, women's roles, the family, adolescence, language, and education. Because the author is himself a Cuban American, he does not treat the emigr^D'es as mere subjects nor does he tell their story in statistical terms alone. As an insider, he delves deeply into the soul of the community to illustrate all the dimensions of the Cuban American experience.

Gonzalez-Pando's unique vantage point yields not just a detailed account of major events that have influenced the development of the Cuban exile community in the United States, but also a knowledgeable interpretation of the impact of those events. He focuses on the community's self-identification as exiles, showing how these reluctant emigr^D'es have found the strength to succeed in America without surrendering their sense of national and cultural identity. A timeline of Cuban American history, biographical sketches of 20 noted Cuban Americans, a bibliography, and photos complete the text. Like its subjects, this book is thought-provoking and inspiring.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
    Introduction: The "Cuban Exile Country": A Drama Without a Script
    Historical Background
    Genesis of the Cuban Exile
    Development of the "Cuban Exile Country"
    Identity, Culture, and Exile Life
    The Emigrés' Economic Miracle
    Politics of the Emigrés
    Epilogue: The "Cuban Exile Country" in the Post-Castro Era
    Appendix A: Statistical Summary
    Appendix B: Summary of Stages of Development of "Cuban Exile Country"
    Appendix C: Notable Cuban Americans
    Selected Bibliography
    Index
About the Author: MIGUEL GONZALEZ-PANDO is the founder of the Cuban Living History Project at Florida International University. He came to this country in 1960 and joined the Bay of Pigs invasion, as a result of which he was caught and held prisoner. Upon his release from a Cuban jail two years later, he returned to South Florida. He is the editor of Bilingualism in a Multicultural Society (1975), Greater Miami: Spirit of Cuban Enterprise (1995), and Miami: Gateway to the Americas (1996).
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