TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gonz�alez,Juan
TI  - Harvest of empire: a history of Latinos in America 
SN  - 9780143119289
AV  - E184.S75 G655 2011
U1  - 973/.0468 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - New York
PB  - Penguin Books
KW  - Hispanic Americans
KW  - History
KW  - Immigrants
KW  - United States
KW  - Emigration and immigration
KW  - Latin America
KW  - Relations
KW  - Territorial expansion
KW  - Ethnic relations
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -