Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America: Second Revised and Updated Edition

by Juan Gonzalez

Overview

A sweeping history of the Latino experience in the United States.

The first new edition in ten years of this important study of Latinos in U.S. history, Harvest of Empire spans five centuries—from the European colonization of the Americas to through the 2020 election. Latinos are now the largest minority group in the United States, and their impact on American culture and politics is greater than ever. With family portraits of real-life immigrant Latino pioneers, as well as accounts of the events and conditions that compelled them to leave their homelands, Gonzalez highlights the complexity of a segment of the American population that is often discussed but frequently misrepresented. This landmark history is required reading for anyone wishing to understand the history and legacy of this influential and diverse group.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780143137436
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	06/14/2022
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	560
Sales rank:	101,744
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Juan Gonzalez is one of this country s best-known Latino journalists. He was a staff columnist for New York s Daily News from 1987 to 2016 and has been a co-host since 1996 of Democracy Now! He is the author of Harvest of Empire, News for All the People, Fallout, and Reclaiming Gotham. Born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, he was raised in East Harlem and Brooklyn, New York.

Table of Contents

Introduction to the Second Revised and Updated Edition xi

Introduction to the Second Edition xix

Part I Roots (Las Raíces)

1 Conquerors and Victims: The Image of America Forms (1500-1800) 3

2 The Spanish Borderlands and the Making of an Empire (1810-1898) 30

3 Banana Republics and Bonds: Taming the Empire's Backyard (1898-1950) 66

Part II Branches (Las Ramas)

4 Puerto Ricans: Citizens Yet Foreigners 91

5 Mexicans: Pioneers of a Different Type 108

6 Cubans: Special Refugees 121

7 Dominicans: From the Duarte to the George Washington Bridge 131

8 Central Americans: Intervention Comes Home to Roost 144

9 Colombians and Panamanians: Overcoming Division and Disdain 165

Part III Harvest (La Cosecha)

10 The Return of Juan Seguín: Latinos and the Remaking of American Politics 185

11 Immigrants Old and New: Closing Borders of the Mind 230

12 Speak spanish, You're in America!: El Huracán over Language and Culture 269

13 Free Trade: The Final Conquest of Latin America 297

14 Puerto Rico, U.S.A.: Possessed and Unwanted 339

Epilogue 377

Acknowledgments 383

Bibliography 385

Interviews 417

Notes 421

Index 491

Editorial Reviews

"A serious, significant contribution to understanding who the Hispanics of the United States are and where they came from." —The New York Times Book Review

"Required reading, not simply for Latinos but for everyone." —Kansas City Star

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