Originally published in hardcover: 2005.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-349)

Americanismo: city of peasants: Los Angeles, California -- Where green chiles roam: no es imposible: San Ysidro, California ; Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico -- Brother citizen, brother alien: sin fronteras: Watts, California ; Ameca, Jalisco, Mexico -- The wanderers: el destierro: Ashland, Alabama ; McAllen, Texas ; Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico -- In the land of the new: en la tierra de lo nuevo: Dalton, Georgia ; Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico ; Memphis, Tennessee -- Our secret Latin heartlands: los secretos del machote: Rupert, Idaho ; Frankenmuth, Michigan ; Grand Island, Nebraska ; Liberal, Kansas -- Unconquered: la reconquista: Cordova, New Mexico ; San Fernando, California ; San Antonio, Texas -- The old men and the boy: los balseros: Miami, Florida -- Fathers, daughters, citizens, and strongwomen: el hambre y el orgullo: Barstow, Los Angeles, Bell Gardens, Maywood, Watts, and South Gate, California -- Una naci©Øon unida: heroes of another fatherland: El Reno, Oklahoma ; San Juan, Puerto Rico ; New York, New York ; Baghdad, Iraq -- Che and the three monkeys: che y los tres monos: La Higuera, Bolivia ; Buenos Aires, Argentina ; Los Angeles, California ; Ashland, Alabama.