Cuba The Cuban American Family Album Hardcover Dorothy Hoobler

Description: Cuba The Cuban American Family Album Hardcover Dorothy Hoobler. Condition: Dust Cover Shows Some Edge Wear, and small Tear(Pictured) Book itself is in Excellent Condition. 128 Pages - Hard Cover Email With QuestionsThank You For LookingMy Location Information: 806 bout this productProduct Information"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.Product IdentifiersPublisherOxford University Press, IncorporatedISBN-100195103408ISBN-139780195103403eBay Product ID (ePID)69101Product Key FeaturesFormatHardcoverLanguageEnglishTopicEthnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies, People & Places / Caribbean & Latin America, Popular CultureIntended AudienceYoung AdultsPublication Year1996Number of Pages128 PagesDimensionsItem Length11.4in.Item Height0.6in.Item Width8.9in.Item Weight32.1 OzAdditional Product FeaturesAge Range3-18Lc Classification NumberE184.C97h66 1996Grade fromPreschoolGrade toTwelfth GradeReviews"[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 ReviewAuthorThomas Hoobler, Dorothy HooblerCopyright Date1996Target AudienceYoung Adult AudienceLccn95-038103Dewey Decimal973/.04687291SeriesAmerican Family Albums Ser.Dewey Edition20IllustratedYesGenreSocial Science, Juvenile Nonfiction

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