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Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Description
"Because of our shared English language, as well as the celebrated origin tales of the Mayflower and the rebellion of the British colonies, the United States has prized its Anglo heritage above all others. However, as Carrie Gibson explains with great depth and clarity in El Norte, the nation has much older Spanish roots--ones that have long been unacknowledged or marginalized. The Hispanic past of the United States predates the arrival of the Pilgrims...
Author
Series
Language
Español
Description
Recounts the stories of dozens of immigrants who decided to change their lives and risk everything in order to pursue a better, freer, opportunity-filled future as citizens of the United States, and discusses how immigrants have helped the United States become the most prosperous and visionary country in the world.
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Description
Maps the influence of America's Hispanic past, from the explorers and conquistadors who helped colonize Puerto Rico and Florida, to the missionaries and rancheros who settled in California and the 20th-century resurgence in major cities like Chicago and Miami.
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