num_pages: 416
description: 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. 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. Juan Gonzalez. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 355-368) And Index.
language: en
title: Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America
publisher: Penguin Books