Cuban Americans

by Depietro, Frank

• ISBN13: 9781422223185
• ISBN10: 1422223183
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-09-01
• Publisher: Mason Crest

Summary

In the United States, people from all different backgrounds live together. More than one in eight people in the United States are Hispanic-but they come from different lands and backgrounds. Many Latino Americans can trace their roots to the island of Cuba. In the second half of the twentieth century, Cubans poured into the United States, and today there are more than one million Cuban Americans. They have built successful communities, families, and businesses-and kept their own culture alive at the same time. Unfortunately, Cuban Americans have also run into hardship and prejudice.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 6
It Takes All Sorts	p. 9
An Island Home	p. 17
Revolución!	p. 25
New Leaders	p. 33
Getting to America	p. 43
Cuban American Culture Today	p. 51
Famous Cuban Americans	p. 57
Time Line	p. 61
Find Out More	p. 62
Index	p. 63
Picture Credits	p. 64
About the Author and the Consultant	p. 64
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