The Legacy of Exile Cubans in the United States (Part of the Allyn & Bacon New Immigrants Series)

by Grenier, Guillermo J.; Pérez, Lisandro; Foner, Nancy

• ISBN13: 9780205340903
• ISBN10: 0205340903
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-10-28
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

The Legacy of Exile, the latest entry in the New Immigrants Series, deals with one of the most visible and political of all U.S. immigrant groupsCubans. This is a group that was welcomed to the United States, that transformed a major U.S. metropolitan area, that exerts a powerfuland controversialimpact on U.S. foreign policy, and that has achieved, in a relatively short time, economic success in this country. The theme of the book is that the Cuban presence has been shaped by the experience of exile. In understanding the case of the Cuban immigration to the United States, students will gain insight into the dynamics of U.S. immigration policy; the differences between immigrants and exiles; interethnic relations among newcomers and established residents; and the economic development of immigrant communities. Cuban immigrants provide a surprising and compelling case study of the relatively successful adaptation of an immigrant community. The book presents the long tradition of Cuban immigration to the United States; the elements of Cuban culture which have emerged and reinforced this tradition of migration; the impact that Cubans have had on the Miami area; as well as the changes within the community as Cubans develop into a well established minority group within the United States.

Table of Contents

Foreword to the Series	vii
Acknowledgments	ix
Two Roads to Miami: Personal Introductions	1	(14)
Studying Cubans	2	(3)
Grenier's Story: A Minority of One	5	(3)
Perez's Story: Through the Classroom Window	8	(3)
Organization of the Book	11	(4)
From Varela and Marti to Desi and Elian: Cuban Migration to the United States	15	(14)
Cuban Migration to the United States Before 1959	16	(4)
The Cold War Faucet: 1959--2000	20	(6)
Conclusion: Cuban Migration at the Turn of the Century	26	(3)
Culture: Exceptionalism, Diversity, and Secularism	29	(16)
Exceptionalism	30	(5)
Diversity	35	(5)
Secularism	40	(3)
Conclusion	43	(2)
Miami: This Land Is Our Land	45	(12)
``We Made Miami''	46	(2)
``Miami Made Us:'' Cuban Economic Success	48	(3)
Types of Capital	51	(4)
Conclusion	55	(2)
Family Business: Kinship and Economic Adjustment	57	(14)
Migration and Family Structure	58	(2)
``Que Pasa USA?''	60	(7)
The Family and Economic Adjustment	67	(1)
Conclusion	68	(3)
Hanging Together, Hanging Alone: Relations between Cubans and Others in Miami	71	(14)
Cubans and the White Business Elite: It's not Your Father's Chamber of Commerce	72	(2)
African Americans and Cubans: Divergent Fates	74	(7)
Conclusion	81	(4)
Political Culture: The Exile Ideology and Electoral Politics	85	(16)
The Persistence of the Exile Ideology	86	(7)
Currents of Change	93	(2)
Participation in the U.S. Political System	95	(3)
Conclusion	98	(3)
The Trophy: Elian Gonzalez and the Cuban American Community	101	(16)
Identity and the Legacy of Exile	107	(2)
A Wedge Between Communities	109	(5)
Conclusion	114	(3)
Conclusion: Exiles Much Longer?	117	(5)
References	122	(8)
Index	130