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 106
... migration patterns from Mexico throughout the twentieth century . Using labor contrac- tors and other recruiters , they brought in workers from Mexico to perform largely unskilled , low - paying tasks . This planned labor migration ...
... migration patterns from Mexico throughout the twentieth century . Using labor contrac- tors and other recruiters , they brought in workers from Mexico to perform largely unskilled , low - paying tasks . This planned labor migration ...
Page 113
... migration of workers stimulated and regulated by the contract - labor program is not an aberration in the history of Mexican immigration to the United States . ... The bracero migration not only continued the labor migration of the ...
... migration of workers stimulated and regulated by the contract - labor program is not an aberration in the history of Mexican immigration to the United States . ... The bracero migration not only continued the labor migration of the ...
Page 115
... migration became a way of life for Puerto Ricans . ( Korrol , 284–285 ) The sorrow at being forced to uproot in order to make a living elsewhere is memorialized in the following Puerto Rican folk song about migration : ¡ Pobrecitos ...
... migration became a way of life for Puerto Ricans . ( Korrol , 284–285 ) The sorrow at being forced to uproot in order to make a living elsewhere is memorialized in the following Puerto Rican folk song about migration : ¡ Pobrecitos ...
Contents
The Black Legend | 47 |
Manifest Destiny | 61 |
Immigration Policy | 101 |
Copyright | |
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