| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 263 pages .) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Envisioning Cuba
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Envisioning Cuba.
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| Summary |
"Since 1959, the Cuban revolutionary government has proudly proclaimed that "the revolution is for the children." Many Cuban Americans reject this claim, asserting that they chose exile in the United States to protect their children from the evils of "Castro-communism." Anita Casavantes Bradford's analysis of the pivotal years between the Revolution's triumph and the 1962 Missile Crisis uncovers how and when children were first pressed into political service by ideologically opposed Cuban communities on both sides of the Florida Straits. Casavantes Bradford argues that, in Havana, the Castro government deployed a morally charged "politics of childhood" to steer a nationalist and reformist revolution toward socialism. At the same time, Miami exile leaders put children at the heart of efforts to mobilize opposition to Castro's regime and to link the well-being of Cuban refugees to U.S. Cold War foreign policy objectives. Casavantes Bradford concludes that the 1999 Elian Gonzalez custody battle was the most notorious recent manifestation of the ongoing struggle to define and control Cuban childhood, revealing the persistent centrality of children to Cuban politics and national identity."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION: The Politics of Childhood in Cuba's Revolution and Exile; 1 For the Children: José Martí and the Politics of Cuban Childhood, 1898-1958; 2 ¿La Revolución-es Para los Niños?, : The Politics of Childhood and the Origins of Dissent in Revolutionary Cuba; 3 Childhood and Civil Society in Revolutionary Cuba; 4 Children, Radicalization, and the Cuban Counterrevolution; 5 Our Cuban Visitors, : Immigration, Race, and the Cold War Politics of Childhood in Miami, 1959-1961. |
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6 To Save Our Children, : The Politics of Childhood in the Anti-Castro Struggle, 1959-1962EPILOGUE: Understanding Elián, : The Politics of Childhood in Havana and Miami, 1959-2000; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Cuba -- History -- Revolution, 1959 -- Social aspects.
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Children -- Government policy -- Cuba.
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Children -- Government policy. |
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Cuba. |
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Children. |
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Children and politics.
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Children and politics. |
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Children -- Cuba -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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Social conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Children -- Florida -- Miami -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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Florida -- Miami. |
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Cubans -- Political activity -- Florida -- Miami -- History -- 20th century.
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Cubans -- Political activity. |
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History. |
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Cubans. |
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Political refugees -- Florida -- Miami -- History -- 20th century.
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Political refugees. |
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Revolution (Cuba : 1959) |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Subject |
Children. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Casavantes Bradford, Anita. Revolution is for the children 9781469611525 (DLC) 2013041141 (OCoLC)867769700 |
| ISBN |
9781469611549 (electronic book) |
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1469611546 (electronic book) |
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9781469611532 (electronic book) |
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1469611538 (electronic book) |
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9781469611525 |
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146961152X |
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