Date of Award
1982
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Mohl, Raymond A.
Abstract
Since 1959, Cuban refugees have transformed the economic and political structure of the Miami metropolitan area. Refugees have been successful in their employment and housing pursuits, although they have often been in competition with Miami's Blacks. However, by strengthening the local economy, Cuban refugees have ultimately benefited the entire metropolitan area. This infrastructure of the Cuban community has promoted economic success, but it has also altered refugee economic assimilation into the American mainstream. Cuban refugees also dramatically altered metropolitan Miami's political structure. Participation in exile politics at first slowed political assimilation, but by the seventies naturalized Cubans began to participate in American electoral politics. The growth of Cuban- American voting has Cubanized local politics, particularly in Miami and Hialeah.
Extent
129 p.
Recommended Citation
DARASZ, KATHY ANN, "CUBAN REFUGEES IN MIAMI: PATTERNS OF ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL ADJUSTMENT" (1982). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1980 - 1989. 152.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_3/152
Identifier
FADT14127
Comments
FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1982.|Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection