Title: Latino literacy
First published: 1996
Description: Latino Literacy is the most comprehensive popular reference yet published on the subject, offering all the key facts, dates, people, and events of the last half century. Opening with a narrative history section, the book recaptures the age of Spanish exploration, discovery, and settlement and leads us to modern turning points such as the "zoot suit" riots and Cesar Chavez's groundbreaking leadership among Latino farmworkers. The Culture section celebrates Latino contributions to literature, art, theater, music, dance, language, food, and more. The People section features colorful mini-biographies of noted Hispanics, from the sixteenth-century explorer Hernando de Soto to twentieth-century figures like statesman Luis Munoz Marin and tragic singing phenomenon Selena.
Subjects: Hispanic influences, Hispanic Americans, Civilization, History, Hispanic americans, social conditions, Hispanic americans, history, Hispanic americans, social life and customs
Places: United States
LC classification: E184.S75 D38 1996