Harvest of empire :
Gonzalez, Juan
Harvest of empire : a history of Latinos in America / Juan Gonzalez - New York : Viking, 2000 - xx, 346 p. : maps ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-324) and index
pt. 1. 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) -- 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 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
0670867209 (alk. paper)
99033526
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 2000
Harvest of empire : a history of Latinos in America / Juan Gonzalez - New York : Viking, 2000 - xx, 346 p. : maps ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-324) and index
pt. 1. 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) -- 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 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
0670867209 (alk. paper)
99033526
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 2000