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

Harvest of empire : a history of Latinos in America

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.

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

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-368) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Part I. 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) -- Part II. 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 -- Part III. 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 -- Epilogue -- Glossary.
Subject: United States Ethnic relations
United States Territorial expansion History
Latin America Relations United States
United States Relations Latin America
Latin America Emigration and immigration History
United States Emigration and immigration
Immigrants United States History
Hispanic Americans History

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