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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : González, Gerardo M. (1950-....)
Titre(s) : A Cuban refugee's journey to the American dream [Texte imprimé] : the power of education / Gerardo M. González
Publication : Bloomington : Indiana University Press, copyright 2018
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (x, 130 pages) : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-130)
"In February 1962, three years into Fidel Castro's rule of their Cuban homeland, the
Gonzalez family - an auto mechanic, his wife, and two young children - landed in Miami
with a few personal possessions and two bottles of Cuban rum. As his parents struggled
to find work, eleven-year-old Gerardo struggled to fit in at school, where a teacher
intimidated him and school authorities placed him on a vocational track. Inspired
by a close friend, Gerardo decided to go to college. He not only graduated but, with
hard work and determination, placed himself on a path through higher education that
brought him to a deanship at the Indiana University School of Education. In this deeply
moving memoir, González recounts his remarkable personal and professional journey.
The memoir begins with Gerardo's childhood in Cuba and recounts the family's emigration
to the United States, struggles to find work and assimilate, and his upward track
through higher education. It demonstrates the transformative power that access to
education can have on one person's life. Gerardo's journey came full circle when he
returned to Cuba fifty years after he left, no longer the scared, disheartened refugee
but rather proud, educated, and determined to speak out against those who wished to
silence others. It includes treasured photographs and documents from Gonzalez's life
in Cuba and the US. His is the story of one immigrant attaining the American Dream,
told at a time when the fate of millions of refugees throughout the world, and Hispanics
in the United States, especially his fellow Cubans, has never been more uncertain"--Provided
by publisher
Sujet(s) : Américains d'origine cubaine
Éducation -- Société -- États-Unis
Enseignement supérieur -- Indiana (États-Unis) -- 1970-....
Indiana university -- 1970-....
Genre ou forme : Récits personnels cubains
Indice(s) Dewey :
378.730 904 (23e éd.) = Enseignement supérieur - États-Unis - 1900-1999
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780253037008. - ISBN 025303700X. - ISBN 9780253035554. - ISBN 0253035554
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb470195304
Notice n° :
FRBNF47019530
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : 1. A homecoming ; 2. The great north ; 3. Into the cold ; 4. Miami do-over ;
5. I, too, am a passerby ; 6. Home of the Gators ; 7. Life after college ; 8. Professional
transitions ; 9. Introduction to Hoosier culture ; 10. Give the thaw a chance ;
11. But I'm from around here ; 12. To you, the immigrant.
