Havana USA: Cuban Exiles and Cuban Americans in South Florida, 1959-1994University of California Press, 1996 M02 29 - 239 pages 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. |
Contents
| 13 | |
The Mariel Boatlift of 1980 Origins and Consequences | 46 |
THE EMIGRES | 81 |
Defining an Identity in the United States | 83 |
The Evolution of Cuban Exile Politics | 120 |
Cuban Writers and Scholars in Exile | 169 |
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