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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... United States . Religious marriages are often forgone because they are more expensive than civil unions . Civil unions are legal in the United States and help unite conjugal pairs . Free unions have played a sig- nificant role in ...
... United States in 1980. Unlike the first wave , most of these immigrants were from the poorer classes and were not as welcome or as well treated . As a result of these two immigration movements , the number of Cubans in the United States ...
... United States , mainly to Florida and New York . By 1930 , only about 20,000 Cubans lived in the United States , and by 1950 , only about 35,000 . The vast majority of Cuban Americans immigrated to the United States after 1959 , when ...
Contents
Beyond Orthodoxy | 383 |
Literature | 597 |
Outstanding Figures in Hispanic Theater 529 | 734 |
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