Adrift: The Cuban Raft People (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781558853003)

In ADRIFT, Alfredo A. Fernandez recounts the saga of the 1994 refugees, tracing the origin of the crisis to the pervasive turmoil produced in Cuba by the 1989-1991 collapse of the USSR and the resulting cut-off of Soviet economic subsidies. During this period, U.S. immigration policy flip-flopped, making the journey to American life for Cubans ever more precarious. In tracking 1994's crisis through ensuing years of global political fallout, Fernandez presents a compelling international gallery of heroes, rogues, survivors, diplomats, and traitors.

Author: Alfredo L. Fernandez
ISBN-10: 1558853006
ISBN-13: 9781558853003
Publisher: Arte Publico Press
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2001
Pages: 263
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.77d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/24/2000 pg. 81
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2000 pg. 1094