The success of the Cuban success story: Ethnicity, power, and politics

Identities

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 351-384

  Croucher, Sheila L ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cubans; Ethnicity; Identity; Immigration; Miami

Indexed keywords

CUBAN AMERICANS; CULTURAL IDENTITY; IMAGE CONSTRUCTION; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC IMAGE;

USA, FLORIDA, MIAMI;

EID: 0030446181     PISSN: 1070289X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1070289X.1996.9962544     Document Type: Article

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