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Immigrants in the United States 30
Accommodation, Adaptation, and Assimilation 31
The Role of Culture in Assimilation 34
Ethnic group identification 34
Conflict Perspective 37
Emotional Adjustment 40
Summary on Immigrants in the United States 42
The Metamorphosis from Cubans to Cuban-Americans... 43
Demography 44
Stages of Emigration 46
Reasons for Immigration 47
Indicators of Integration Within U.S. Social
and Economic Systems 49
Transcending Ties with the Past 52
Cultural patterns 53
Patterns of Emotional Adjustment 54
Mothers and sons 55
Female Cuban-Americans 56
Teenage Cuban-Americans 57
Educational Achievement 57
English Language Acquisition and Retention of
Spanish 58
Summary of the Metamorphosis of Cubans to
Cuban-Americans 59
Life in Cuba 61
Difficulties in Data Collection 61
Cultural Change 63
Negative image of United States 64
Changes in the Educational System 65
Integration of education into total system... 65
Conflicting opinions on educational
integration 66
Educational achievements 68
Vocational education 71
Juvenile delinquency 72
Use of unpaid labor as an educational tool... 73
Changes in Female Roles 74
Changes in Religious Practices 75
Problems of Rationing 76
Summary of Life in Cuba 78
The 1980 Immigrants 79
Historical Background 79
The North American Reception 80
The media 81
The government 82
Reception by the Cuban-Americans 84
Comparison with Previous Cuban Immigrant Groups. 87
Adjustment Problems 89
Educational Comparison 93
Summary of the 1980 Immigrants 94
Summary 95
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