Harvest of Empire A History of Latinos in America

Name: Harvest of Empire A History of Latinos in America
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ISBN: 9780143119289

ISBN-10: 0143119281

ISBN-13: 9780143119289

Edition: 2011 (Revised)

Authors: Juan Gonzalez

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A sweeping history of the Latino experience in the United States- thoroughly revised and updated. The first new edition in ten years of this important study of Latinos in U.S. history, Harvest of Empirespans five centuries-from the first New World colonies to the first decade of the new millennium. Latinos are now the largest minority group in the United States, and their impact on American popular culture-from food to entertainment to literature-is greater than ever. Featuring family portraits of real- life immigrant Latino pioneers, as well as accounts of the events and conditions that compelled them to leave their homelands, Harvest of Empire is required reading for anyone wishing to…

Book details

List price: $19.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 5/31/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Introduction






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)






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






The Return of Juan Seguï¿½n: Latinos and the Remaking of American Politics



Immigrants Old and New: Closing Borders of the Mind



Speak Spanish, You're in America!: El Huracï¿½n over Language and Culture



Free Trade: The Final Conquest of Latin America



Puerto Rico, U.S.A.: Possessed and Unwanted


Epilogue


Acknowledgments


Notes


Glossary


Bibliography


Interviews


Index