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The social impact of Cuban immigration in Florida

Cuban exiles in Florida : their presence and contributionMiami, FloridaPublished In 1991 • Pages: 39-61

By: Clark, Juan M..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The purpose of this paper is to examine briefly the social impact in Florida of thirty-one years of Cuban immigration to the state (1959-1990). In these pages Clark provides information on the socio-historic background of the Cuban emigration, the demographic impact of their arrival on the Miami metropolitan region, and other areas of social influence such as in housing and urban renewal, language and bilingualism, medicine, the food and entertainment industries, community leadership, etc.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
External migration
History and culture change
Speech
Settlement patterns
Medical personnel
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Cuban Americans
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
1998
RegionThe area the document pertains to
North America
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
essay
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Sociologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
John Beierle ; 1997
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1960s-1990
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Dade County, Florida, United States
NotesAdditional notes
by Juan M. Clark
Includes bibliographical references
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
91164146
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Cuban Americans