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| "When you ask my sons where they are from they will answer, 'I'm Cuban, but I was born in McAllen, Texas.'"--Maria Luisa Salcines, born in Guantanamo, Cuba, who came to the United States in 1963.Between 1960 and 1995 over one million Cubans arrived in the United States--almost 10 percent of the island's population. Many came in the dead of night with only the clothes on their backs. Though it is less than 100 miles from Cuba to the tip of Florida, the journey was often a dangerous andunpredictable voyage in makeshift boats. The "Golden Exiles" who escaped Fidel Castro's revolutionary government between 1959 and 1962 were probably the best-educated and wealthiest large group of immigrants ever to arrive in the United States. These immigrants who had been doctors, lawyers,bankers, business owners, and college professors in Cuba quickly established a community that remains a powerful political and economic force, and one that embraces the new Cuban immigrants who continue to arrive today.A whole generation of Cuban Americans has grown to adulthood in the United States. Many left the island as young children and have assimilated into American life. Others yearn for a life in Cuba they can only imagine from the stories their grandparents tell. These stories--full of longing andhope--are the heart of The Cuban American Family Album. Interviews, excerpts from diaries and letters, newspaper accounts, profiles of famous Cuban Americans, and remarkable pictures from real family albums tell a poignant yet exuberant story of a beautiful blending of Cuban and American traditions.The result is a vibrant picture of a distinctive and important American community. |
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| Product Identifiers |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, Incorporated |
| ISBN-10 | 0195103408 |
| ISBN-13 | 9780195103403 |
| eBay Product ID (ePID) | 69101 |
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| Product Key Features |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Language | English |
| Topic | Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies, People & Places / Caribbean & Latin America, Popular Culture |
| Intended Audience | Young Adults |
| Publication Year | 1996 |
| Number of Pages | 128 Pages |
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| Dimensions |
| Item Length | 11.4in. |
| Item Height | 0.6in. |
| Item Width | 8.9in. |
| Item Weight | 32.1 Oz |
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| Additional Product Features |
| Age Range | 3-18 |
| Lc Classification Number | E184.C97h66 1996 |
| Grade from | Preschool |
| Grade to | Twelfth Grade |
| Reviews | "[The American Family Album series is] a particularly insightful model of modern documentary history."--Kirkus Reviews, "[An] innovative history of Cubans in the United States.... The scrapbookapproach engages the reader. This volume is an important contribution to thegrowing literature on Cuban Americans for young people."--MultiCulturalReview, "By mingling history, biography, memoir, and photographs, the Hooblers distill more than three decades of separation, exile, and assimilation into a slender, tantalizing package. A large chorus of varied voices melds into a primer on Cuban-American politics, family life, and social andcultural institutions."--Miami Herald, "[The American Family Album series is] a particularly insightful model ofmodern documentary history."--Kirkus Reviews, "A nostalgic pictorial experience for readers, told in an instructive andagreeable way, of the history of Cubans in this country."--Miami Herald (Spanishedition), "By mingling history, biography, memoir, and photographs, the Hooblersdistill more than three decades of separation, exile, and assimilation into aslender, tantalizing package. A large chorus of varied voices melds into aprimer on Cuban-American politics, family life, and social and culturalinstitutions."--Miami Herald, "A nostalgic pictorial experience for readers, told in an instructive and agreeable way, of the history of Cubans in this country."--Miami Herald (Spanish edition), "[An] innovative history of Cubans in the United States.... The scrapbook approach engages the reader. This volume is an important contribution to the growing literature on Cuban Americans for young people."--MultiCultural Review |
| Author | Thomas Hoobler, Dorothy Hoobler |
| Copyright Date | 1996 |
| Target Audience | Young Adult Audience |
| Lccn | 95-038103 |
| Dewey Decimal | 973/.04687291 |
| Series | American Family Albums Ser. |
| Dewey Edition | 20 |
| Illustrated | Yes |
| Genre | Social Science, Juvenile Nonfiction |