El Norte : the epic and forgotten story of Hispanic North America
Gibson, Carrie, 1976-2019
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For reasons of language and history, the United States has prized its Anglo heritage above all others. However, as Carrie Gibson explains with great depth and clarity in El Norte, America has much older Spanish roots - ones that have long been unacknowledged or marginalised. The Hispanic past of the United States predates the arrival of the Pilgrims by a century and has been every bit as important in shaping the nation as it exists today. This book chronicles the sweeping and dramatic history of Hispanic North America from the arrival of the Spanish in the early 16th century to the present - from Ponce de Leon's initial landing in Florida in 1513 to Spanish control of the vast Louisiana territory in 1762 to the Mexican-American War in 1846 and up to the more recent tragedy of post-hurricane Puerto Rico and the ongoing border acrimony with Mexico.
Main title:
El Norte : the epic and forgotten story of Hispanic North America / Carrie Gibson.
Author:
Gibson, Carrie, 1976-, author
Imprint:
New York : Grove Press, 2019.
Collation:
576 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781611856330 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
978.02
Language:
English
BRN:
2267902
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