Harvest of empire :
Gonz�alez, Juan, 1947-
Harvest of empire : a history of Latinos in America / Juan Gonzalez. - Revised edition. - xxiv, 392 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-368) and index.
pt. 1. Roots (Las ra�ices). 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 Segu�in : Latinos and the remaking of American politics -- Immigrants old and new : closing borders of the mind -- Speak Spanish, you're in America! : El Hurac�an over language and culture -- Free trade : the final conquest of Latin America -- Puerto Rico, U.S.A. : possessed and unwanted.
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.
9780143119289 0143119281
2011006880
015838414 Uk
Hispanic Americans--History
Immigrants--History--United States
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
E184.S75 / G655 2011
973/.0468
Harvest of empire : a history of Latinos in America / Juan Gonzalez. - Revised edition. - xxiv, 392 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-368) and index.
pt. 1. Roots (Las ra�ices). 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 Segu�in : Latinos and the remaking of American politics -- Immigrants old and new : closing borders of the mind -- Speak Spanish, you're in America! : El Hurac�an over language and culture -- Free trade : the final conquest of Latin America -- Puerto Rico, U.S.A. : possessed and unwanted.
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.
9780143119289 0143119281
2011006880
015838414 Uk
Hispanic Americans--History
Immigrants--History--United States
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
E184.S75 / G655 2011
973/.0468