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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... thousand to one hundred thousand acres . By the time of the U.S. takeover , there were more than eight million acres held by some eight hundred ranchers . Under the United States , the ranching way of life soon succumbed Lugo Family of ...
... thousand to one hundred thousand acres . By the time of the U.S. takeover , there were more than eight million acres held by some eight hundred ranchers . Under the United States , the ranching way of life soon succumbed Lugo Family of ...
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... thousand Anglo colonists were residing in Texas , six thousand of whom had been led by Austin . By the 1830s , the central govern- ment in Mexico was discouraging Anglo colonization and the Texas colonists , both Anglo and Mexican ...
... thousand Anglo colonists were residing in Texas , six thousand of whom had been led by Austin . By the 1830s , the central govern- ment in Mexico was discouraging Anglo colonization and the Texas colonists , both Anglo and Mexican ...
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... thousand chose to leave their lands and homes . Repatriation efforts were attempted again in 1855 and in the 1870s , including the offer of land in Sonora . Once more , the efforts only resulted in some two thousand Mexicans moving into ...
... thousand chose to leave their lands and homes . Repatriation efforts were attempted again in 1855 and in the 1870s , including the offer of land in Sonora . Once more , the efforts only resulted in some two thousand Mexicans moving into ...
Contents
The Black Legend | 47 |
Manifest Destiny | 61 |
Immigration Policy | 101 |
Copyright | |
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