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Harvest of empire : a history of Latinos in America Cover Image Book

Harvest of empire : a history of Latinos in America / Juan Gonzalez.

González, Juan, 1947- (Author).

Summary:

Presents a history of Latinos in America, from the first colonies in the New World through today, and offers portraits of distinguished Americans of Hispanic descent that have played a key role in the evolving face of American life.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780143119289
  • ISBN: 0143119281
  • Physical Description: xxiv, 392 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
  • Edition: revised edition
  • Publisher: New York : Penguin Books, 2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-368) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
pt. 1. Roots (Las raíces). Conquerors and victims : the image of America forms (1500-1800) -- The Spanish borderlands and the making of an empire (1810-1898) -- Banana republics and bonds : taming the empire's backyard (1898-1950) -- pt. 2. Branches (Las ramas). Puerto Ricans : citizens yet foreigners -- Mexicans : pioneers of a different type -- Cubans : special refugees -- Dominicans : from the Duarte to the George Washington Bridge -- Central Americans : intervention comes home to roost -- Colombians and Panamanians : overcoming division and disdain -- pt. 3. Harvest (La cosecha). The return of Juan Seguín : Latinos and the remaking of American politics -- Immigrants old and new : closing borders of the mind -- Speak Spanish, you're in America! : El Huracán over language and culture -- Free trade : the final conquest of Latin America -- Puerto Rico, U.S.A. : possessed and unwanted.

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Subject: Hispanic Americans > History.
Immigrants > United States > History.
United States > Emigration and immigration > History.
Latin America > Emigration and immigration > History.
United States > Relations > Latin America.
Latin America > Relations > United States.
United States > Territorial expansion > History.
United States > Ethnic relations.

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