Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America
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Within the next decade, Hispanics will become the largest minority group in the United States. The new immigrants have ignited a vibrant "Latin explosion" in American popular culture. But the Latino influence reaches far beyond music, sports, cuisine, or the latest magazine cover. Spanning five hundred years -- from the first New World colonies to our nation's nineteenth-century westward expansion, from the days of gunboat diplomacy to the turn of the millennium -- Harvest of Empire features family portraits of real-life immigrant Latino pioneers, as well as sketches of the political events and social conditions that compelled them to leave their homeland, and how they have transformed the nation's cultural landscape. San Diego Tribune Methodical, convincing and written in a style that makes its fact-filled chapters flow with ease... a fresh perspective on the long history of Latinos in the United States... offers an insider's view of the rich and varied fabric of the people soon to be the largest minority in the United States.
IntroductionPt. IRoots (Las Raices)1Conquerors and Victims: The Image of America Forms (1500-1800)32The Spanish Borderlands and the Making of an Empire (1810-1898)273Banana Republics and Bonds: Taming the Empire's Backyard (1898-1950)58Pt. IIBranches (Las Ramas)4Puerto Ricans: Citizens Yet Foreigners815Mexicans: Pioneers of a Different Type966Cubans: Special Refugees1087Dominicans: From the Duarte to the George Washington Bridge1178Central Americans: Intervention Comes Home to Roost1299Colombians and Panamanians: Overcoming Division and Disdain149Pt. IIIHarvest (La Cosecha)10The Return of Juan Seguin: Latinos and the Remaking of American Politics16711Immigrants Old and New: Closing Borders of the Mind19012Speak Spanish, You're in America!: El Huracan over Language and Culture20613Free Trade: The Final Conquest of Latin America22814Puerto Rico, U.S.A.: Possessed and Unwanted246Epilogue269Acknowledgments274Notes276Glossary309Bibliography311Interviews325Index329
