Yolanda Prieto

The Cubans of Union City: Immigrants and Exiles in a New Jersey Community

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Ethnic community building and immigrant success in "Havana on the Hudson"

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Univ of Chicago Behalf of Temple Univ Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: Mai 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 150mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 295g
• ISBN-13: 9781592133000
• ISBN-10: 1592133002
• Artikelnr.: 25942601

Autorenporträt

Yolanda Prieto is Professor Emerita in the School of Social Science and Human Services of Ramapo College of New Jersey.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface 
Acknowledgments 
1. Introduction 
2. Cuban Union City: Origins, Development, and Change 
3. Building Community: Economic Growth and the Rise of Local Organizations 
4. Women Leave Home for the Factory: Gender, Work, and Family 
5. Saint Augustine Parish and Cuban Adaptation: Religion and
Reconciliation 
6. Exile, Ethnic Identity, and Political Culture 
7. Union City Cubans and Community Change: Some Theoretical Considerations 
Abbreviations 
Notes 
Bibliography 
Index