The immigrant divide : how Cuban Americans changed the US and their homeland /

Eckstein, Susan, 1942-

The immigrant divide : how Cuban Americans changed the US and their homeland / Susan Eva Eckstein. - New York : Routledge, 2009. - xii, 298 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-287) and index.

Immigrants and the weight of their past -- Immigrant imprint in America -- Immigrant politics : for whom and for what? -- The personal is political : bonding across borders -- Cuba through the looking glass -- Transforming transnational ties into economic worth -- Dollarization and its discontents : homeland impact of diaspora generosity -- Reenvisioning immigration.

9780415999229 (hardback : alk. paper) 0415999227 (hardback : alk. paper) 9780415999236 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0415999235 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780203881002 (ebook)


Cuban Americans--History.
Cuban Americans--Social conditions.
Cuban Americans--Politics and government.


Cuba--History--Revolution, 1959.
Cuba--Emigration and immigration.
Cuba--Foreign relations--United States.
United States--Politics and government.
United States--Emigration and immigration.
United States--Foreign relations--Cuba.

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