Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1975

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Villemez, Wayne J.

Abstract

This study focuses on occupational identity of Cuban exile fishermen in Dade County, Florida, and the strength of this identity when faced with the Bahamian fishing conflict (1973-1975). It was hypothesized that this identity would become stronger because of this conflict. Other hypotheses predicted differences between perceived and actual fishing legislation in the United States, pre-revolutionary and revolutionary Cuba. The same comparison was made with occupational status. Subjective data was obtained from a questionnaire administered to fifty fishermen. Strength of occupational identity was not as strong as expected. Subjective views on fishing legislation and status did show a discrepancy with objective data. A number of fishermen conformed to all hypotheses, and further analyses attempt to explain the stronger occupational identity of this group.

Extent

85 p.

Comments

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1975.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters

Identifier

FADT13721

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