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Chargement... Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America (2000)par Juan González
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The first new edition in ten years of this important study of Latinos in U.S. history, Harvest of Empire spans five centuries-from the first New World colonies to the first decade of the new millennium. Latinos are now the largest minority group in the United States, and their impact on American popular culture-from food to entertainment to literature-is greater than ever. Featuring family portraits of real-life immigrant Latino pioneers, as well as accounts of the events and conditions that compelled them to leave their homelands, Harvest of Empire is required listening for anyone wishing to understand the history and legacy of this increasingly influential group. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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The text is divided into three parts: Roots, Branches, and Harvest. Roots covers the early years from 1500-1800, then the US acquisition of the Spanish Borderlands from 1810 to 1898, and the Era of the Banana Republics through 1950. The Branches covers the various groups of Hispanics who have come to the US such as the Puerto Ricans, Mexicans, Cubans, etc. Harvest is about the way Latinos are influencing US politics, the debates on immigration since the eighties, bilingualism, and the effects free trade has had on the hemisphere as a whole and thus on immigration. He ends the book with his ideas about where the Americas should be going; ideas that will seem radical to some.
For me, at least, this was an eye-opening book and I would very much like to see the chapter Mr. Gonzales would write to cover the last 14 years since Harvest of Empire. was published. Recommended for those interested in this subject from a Latino immigrant's viewpoint.