Follow the link below to access my digital history project, The Waves of Mariel. https://eblan025.wixsite.com/thewavesofmariel

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Primary Sources   Gwertzman, Bernard (14 May 1978). “Carter Sharply Attacks Cuba, Saying Use of Troops Hurts Peace Moves”. New York Times. Retrieved 23 July 2017. This source details information regarding the diplomatic relations between Cuba and the United States before the events of the Mariel boatlift.   Prial, Frank J. (5 January 1978). “Notes on People”. New York Times. Retrieved 23 […]

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Online archives have changed the way that scholars conduct research in the 21st century. Through these archives, we have the ability to search vast collections of books, newspaper articles, magazines, journals, and other media in seconds.   The online archive that helped me the most in this project was HathiTrust. HathiTrust is a online digital […]

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The research question that my project will address is: What impact did the Mariel boatlift have on the United States’ immigration policies and what effects did the Cuban refugees have on the city of Miami’s crime and culture?   I want to cover the state of the US’s immigration policies at the time (1980) and […]

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Analyzing and verifying the sources you use for a project is crucial. Your sources are the foundation on which facts are separated from speculation. It doesn’t matter how appealing or rational your arguments are, if you don’t have a strong foundation, your project crumbles. The first source I analyzed for this assignment was Bosch, Lynette […]

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Topic: How has the Cuban exile influenced art in Miami since 1960? Fondo del Sol Visual Arts and Media Center (Washington, D.C.). 1991. Cuba-USA: the first generation : exhibition tour 1991-1992. Fuentes-Pérez, Ileana, Graciella Cruz-Taura, and Ricardo Pau-Llosa. Outside Cuba: contemporary Cuban visual artists. [New Brunswick]: Office of Hispanic Arts, Mason Gross School of the Arts, […]

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Mapping Occupation is a professional digital history website created by Gregory P. Downs and Scott Nesbit. The website features interactive maps that provide the audience with information about the U.S. Army’s presence in the Southern states during the reconstruction period. The historical and geographical data is presented as both narrative and spatial information. Which is […]

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When I begin my research for any kind of assignment or project, I typically start by using our school’s library website https://library.fiu.edu. The tools provided by FIU’s library have been perfected for the purpose of student’s research itself. You can search for books, articles, journals and other materials on 1119 databases. Not only that, but […]

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