In the land of mirrors : Cuban exile politics in the United States / Maria de los Angeles Torres.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Torres, María de los Angeles.

Contributor:

Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cuban Americans--Politics and government.

Cuban Americans.

Cubans--United States--Politics and government.

Cubans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

1st pbk. ed.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2001, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Reflects on changes in the politics of the Cuban exile community in the forty years since the Cuban revolution.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""List of Tables""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: Of Memory and Mirrors""; ""1. The Conceptual Framework: Nation-States and the Politics and Identity of Exiles""; ""2. El Exilio: National Security Interests and the Origins of the Cuban Exile Enclave""; ""3. The 1960's: Entrance, Backlash, and Resettlement Programs""; ""4. The 1970's: Pluralization, Radicalization, and Homeland""; ""5. The 1980's: Entering Mainstream Politics""; ""6. Cuban Exile Politics at the End of the Cold War""

""7. The End of Socialism and Cuban Miami's Transition""""8. Diaspora Politics and Identity: Rethinking Theory, Politics, and the Personal""; ""Notes""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-76109-9

9786612761096

0-472-02729-8

OCLC:

665827958