TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gonzalez,Juan
TI  - Harvest of empire: a history of Latinos in America
SN  - 0670867209 (alk. paper)
AV  - E184.S75 G655 2000
PY  - 2000///
CY  - New York
PB  - Viking
KW  - Hispanic Americans
KW  - History
KW  - Local
KW  - Immigrants
KW  - United States
KW  - Emigration and immigration
KW  - Ethnic relations
KW  - Territorial expansion
KW  - Latin America
KW  - Relations
N1  - 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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