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.

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Hispanic Americans--History.
Immigrants--History.--United States


United States--Emigration and immigration--History.
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.

E184.S75 / G655 2000