The Immigrant Divide : How Cuban Americans Changed the U.S. and Their Homeland

ISBN-13: 9780415999229 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 312 str.

Eckstein Susan

Opis

This text offers a rare in-depth analysis of Cuban immigrants' social, cultural, economic, and political adaptation, their transformation of Miami into the 'northern most Latin American city', and their cross-border engagement and homeland impact.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Immigrants and the Weight of Their Past  2. Immigrant Imprint in America  3. Politics for Whom and for What?  4. The Personal is Political: Bonding across Borders  5. Cuba Through the Looking Glass  6. Transforming Transnational Ties into Economic Worth  7. Dollarization and Its Discontents: Homeland Impact of Diaspora Generosity  8. Reenvisioning Immigration  Appendix I: Field Research

O autorze

Susan Eva Eckstein is Professor of Sociology and International Relations at Boston University. Author of Back from the Future: Cuba under Castro, as well as numerous other books on Latin America, she is also former president of the Latin American Studies Association and the New England Council on Latin America.