The Hispanic-American Almanac: A Reference Work on Hispanics in the United States"The editors have taken a series of complex issues and presented them in a readable, interesting book that students might actually read!" New Edition This updated source describes all major aspects of the culture and civilization of Hispanic Americans living in the United States. Chapters cover such topics as: The format of each chapter varies, based on the subject being discussed. Overall, the text is narrative, augmented by approximately 450 photographs, maps and charts. A bibliography has been included at the end of each chapter to facilitate further research. Features of the Almanac include a glossary and a keyword index. |
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... Cubans who continued to arrive in Florida during the first fifty years of this century . Many left Cuba because of continued political turmoil on the island . In the 1920s , for example , a small number of young intellectuals moved to ...
... Cuba , demanding that the Government of Spain relinquish its authority and government in the island of Cuba , and to withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters , and directing the President of the United States to use ...
... Cuba came to the center stage of diplomatic interest . Cuba's impor- tance rested with its location at the crossroads of the Caribbean , from which an unfriendly power could bottle up U.S. trade and militarily threaten the U.S. ...
Contents
Beyond Orthodoxy | 383 |
Literature | 597 |
Outstanding Figures in Hispanic Theater 529 | 734 |
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