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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... appointed three His- panic Americans to the district court . President Rich- ard M. Nixon appointed two Hispanics to the court during his presidency , from 1968 to 1974. President Gerald R. Ford appointed one Hispanic American to the ...
... appointed Cabranés to the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut . In December 1988 U.S. Supreme Court Chief Jus- tice William H. Rehnquist named Judge Cabranés as one of five federal judges for the fifteen - member Fed ...
... appointed Judge García to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California in 1984 . Hipolito Frank García ( 1925- ) Frank García served in the U.S. Army during World War II . He then attended St. Mary's Univer- sity ...
Contents
Beyond Orthodoxy | 383 |
Literature | 597 |
Outstanding Figures in Hispanic Theater 529 | 734 |
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