Cuban-Americans

Today more than one million emigres make up the Cuban diaspora, and many, though living in America, still consider themselves part of Cuba. This book captures the struggles and dreams of Cuban Americans. Using this resource, students, teachers, and interested readers can examine the engaging and often controversial details of Cuban immigration. Such details include patterns of immigration, adaptation to American life and work, cultural traditions, religious traditions, women's roles, the family, adolescence, language, and education. Because the author is himself a Cuban American, he does not treat the emigres as mere subjects nor does he tell their story in statistical terms alone. As an "insider," he delves deeply into the soul of the community to illustrate all the dimensions of the Cuban American experience.

Tables Introduction by Mohammed E. Ahrari Domestic Context of U.S. Foreign Policy Toward the Middle East by Mohammed E. Ahrari Ethnic Politics and the Formulation of U.S. Policy Toward the Arab-Israeli Dispute by Steven L. Spiegel Ethnic Group Influence on Middle East Policy--How and When: The Cases of the Jackson-Vanik Amendment and the Sale of AWACS to Saudi Arabia by Mitchell Bard African-American Influence on U.S. Foreign Policy Toward South Africa by Ronald W. Walters The Polish American Congress, East-West Issues, and the Formulation of American Foreign Policy by Z.A. Kruszewski U.S. Foreign Policy and the Mexican-American Political Agenda by Rodolof O. de la Graza From Little Havana to Washington, D.C.: Cuban Americans and U.S. Foreign Policy by Damain Fernandez Irish-Americans in the American Foreign-Policy-Making Process by Robert J. Thompson and Joseph R. Rudolph, Jr. Conclusions by Mohammed E. Ahrari Appendix Bibliography Index About the Editor and Contributors

Although recent studies have increased our knowledge of the demographic characteristics and culture of this multiethnic population, until now there has been no comprehensive discussion of the Hispanic mortality experience, a potential key to assessing the relative health status of Spanish-origin subgroups in American society. Addressing the pressing need for more accurate, current, and comprehensive data for specific ethnic groups, this volume presents coherent research on the mortality patterns of the three largest Hispanic subgroups and, in the process, helps dispel many anecdotal and romanticized notions about Hispanic health and illness.

The book illustrates the unparalled happenings in what is arguably the most internationalized American city.

This landmark collection of plays by the leading figures in Cuban American drama is the first of its kind, a truly historical and groundbreaking document.

This landmark first anthology of Cuban-American literature is a medley of voices-narrators, essayists and poets-staking their claim on part of the American literary mosaic with Pulitzer Prizes and other awards in hand. An introduction and bibliography by the editors accompany the selections.

The best, most up-to-date introduction to refugees in late 20th-century America.