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A year to rememberbook chapter 1993 • Portes, Alejandro & Stepick, Alex
Cuban Americans • North America > Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
This is a study of the massive influx of Mariel boat people to Miami in 1980, and their effect on the Anglo and Cuban American inhabitants of the city. The authors discuss the structural chang...How the enclave was builtbook chapter 1993 • Portes, Alejandro & Stepick, Alex
Cuban Americans • North America > Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
This is essentially a study of Cuban American economic development in Miami, Florida following the major influx of Cuban refugees to the United States during the 1960s to 1980s.The author high...Flight into despairarticle 1986 • Stepick, Alex & Portes, Alejandro
Haitian Americans • North America > Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
This paper is based on a random sample survey of recently arrived Haitians (1983-1984) using participant observation and intensive interviewing techniques. The data collected describe the indi...