Cuban Privilege: The Making of Immigrant Inequality in America

ISBN-13: 9781108830614 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022

Susan Eva (Boston University) Eckstein

Opis

The first book to document the unique yet strategic entitlements granted to Cubans over other immigrants to the US.

Recenzje

'Cuban Privilege will likely be the authoritative text on the making of immigrant inequality in the US and will be an exceptional complement to Latin American studies literature and ethnic studies courses. … Highly recommended.' T. M. Montoya, Choice

Spis treści

List of figures; Preface: Privileged Cubans; List of acronyms; 1. The making of Cuban immigration exceptionalism, 1959–1979; 2. The privileging of Cuban immigrants in the United States, 1959–1979; 3. The immigration crisis of 1980: Carter Administration privileging of Cubans anew, spillover benefits for Haitians; 4. Delinking Cubans from Haitians: The deepening of Cuban privileging and the turn against Haitians under the Reagan and Bush I administrations; 5. Taking with one hand, giving with the other: Clinton administration retraction and expansion of Cuban immigrant entitlements; 6. From extension to retraction of Cuban immigrant entitlements amidst mainly exclusion of Haitians: The George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations; 7. From heaven to hell under the Trump administration: Walls for Cubans after all; 8. Exceptionalism in practice? Actual immigration, lessons learned.