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.
Havana USA Cuban Exiles and Cuban Americans in South Florida, 1959-1994
About the Book
Table of Contents
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
PART ONE: THE EMIGRATION
1 Exiles, Not Immigrants
Cuban Immigration to the United States,
1959-1973
2
The Marie! Boatlift of 1980
Origins and Consequences
PART TWO: THE EMIGRE' S
3
Defining an Identity in the United States
4
The Evolution of Cuban Exile Politics
5
Cuban Writers and Scholars in Exile
Conclusion
NOTES
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX