The lost apple : Operation Pedro Pan, Cuban children in the U.S., and the promise of a better future /

The lost apple : Operation Pedro Pan, Cuban children in the U.S., and the promise of a better future /

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Author / Creator:Torres, María de los Angeles.
Imprint:Boston : Beacon Press, c2003.
Description:335 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Operation Pedro Pan.
Refugee children -- Cuba.
Refugee children -- United States.
Refugee children -- Services for -- United States.
Refugee children.
Refugee children -- Services for.
Cuba.
United States.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4910401
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ISBN:0807002321 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-314) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue
  • Introduction
  • 1.. Children and the Destinies of Nations
  • 2.. The Military Origins of Operation Pedro Pan
  • 3.. The Plan to Save the Children from Communism
  • 4.. Children and the Bay of Pigs Invasion
  • 5.. Parents and the Decision to Send the Children
  • 6.. Rescate de la Ninez: The Aftermath of the Invasion
  • 7.. The Children
  • 8.. Doors Are Shut
  • 9.. Reconstructing Home
  • 10.. Pedro Pans Search for Memory
  • Conclusions: Rethinking Our Notions of Childhood
  • Postscript
  • Appendix A. Sample Visa Waivers
  • Appendix B. For More Information
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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