Thirty Million Strong: Reclaiming the Hispanic Image in American CultureMany Americans are taught that the first people to "settle" North America were the English colonists in Jamestown, Virginia. On the contrary, Hispanic peoples developed a culture and civilization in North America that predated the English by centuries. In this controversial and lively book, Nicolas Kanellos chronicles and analyzes the changing images of Hispanics in the United States from the age of exploration and conquest to the present, reclaiming the Hispanic heritage in American culture. Part history, part manifesto, this book challenges our notions of the Hispanic peoples, giving us a perspective into the great contributions this group has made to American society. |
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Page 69
... President Thomas Jefferson irrevoca- bly set the course for U.S. expansion southward and west- ward by purchasing the Louisiana Territory for $ 15 million from France ; Spain had ceded it to Napoleon through the Treaty of San Ildefonso ...
... President Thomas Jefferson irrevoca- bly set the course for U.S. expansion southward and west- ward by purchasing the Louisiana Territory for $ 15 million from France ; Spain had ceded it to Napoleon through the Treaty of San Ildefonso ...
Page 71
... President James K. Polk made an offer to a very reluctant and incensed Spain to purchase Cuba for $ 100 million . President Franklin Pierce later increased the offer to $ 130 million and also warned that the United States might move to ...
... President James K. Polk made an offer to a very reluctant and incensed Spain to purchase Cuba for $ 100 million . President Franklin Pierce later increased the offer to $ 130 million and also warned that the United States might move to ...
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... president under independence , Agustín de Iturbide , immediately declared himself emperor of Mexico in 1822 . Forced to abdicate in 1823 , he was followed by the disas- trous dictator Antonio López de Santa Anna . The American Whig ...
... president under independence , Agustín de Iturbide , immediately declared himself emperor of Mexico in 1822 . Forced to abdicate in 1823 , he was followed by the disas- trous dictator Antonio López de Santa Anna . The American Whig ...
Contents
The Black Legend | 47 |
Manifest Destiny | 61 |
Immigration Policy | 101 |
Copyright | |
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