Florida and the Mariel Boatlift of 1980
Subtitle: the first twenty days
By: by Kate Dupes Hawk, Ron Villella, and Adolfo Leyva de Varona, with Kristen Cifers
Contributors: Villella, Ron, 1943-2014; Leyva de Varona, Adolfo; Cifers, Kristen
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 337
ISBN-13: 9780817318376
Subjects: Cubans; Emergency management; Interagency coordination; Mariel Boatlift, 1980; Disaster relief; Refugees; Foreign relations; History
Description: "The 1980 Mariel Boatlift was a profound episode in twentieth-century American history, impacting not just Florida, but the entire country. During the first twenty days of the boatlift, with little support from the federal government, the state of Florida coordinated and responded to the sudden arrival in Key West of more than thirty thousand Cuban refugees, the first wave of immigrants who became known as " Marielitos." Kathleen Dupes Hawk, Ron Villella, Adolfo Leyva de Varona, and Kristen Cifers combine the insights of expert observers with the experiences of actual participants. The authors organize and present a wealth of primary sources, first-hard accounts, archival research, government records, and interviews with policy-makers, volunteers, and refugees that bring into focus the many far-reaching human, political, and cultural outcomes of the Mariel Boatlift that continue to influence Florida, the United States as a whole, and Cuba today"--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.