Felipe Fernández-Armesto

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Our America: A Hispanic History of the United StatesPaperback, 8 December 2014

Our America: A Hispanic History of the United States
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Print Length
416 pages
Language
English
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Date Published
8 Dec 2014
ISBN-10
0393349829
ISBN-13
9780393349825

Description

The United States is still typically conceived of as an offshoot of England, with our history unfolding east to west beginning with the first English settlers in Jamestown. This view overlooks the significance of America's Hispanic past. With the profile of the United States increasingly Hispanic, the importance of recovering the Hispanic dimension to our national story has never been greater.

This absorbing narrative begins with the explorers and conquistadores who planted Spain's first colonies in Puerto Rico, Florida, and the Southwest. Missionaries and rancheros carry Spain's expansive impulse into the late eighteenth century, settling California, mapping the American interior to the Rockies, and charting the Pacific coast. During the nineteenth century Anglo-America expands west under the banner of "Manifest Destiny" and consolidates control through war with Mexico. In the Hispanic resurgence that follows, it is the peoples of Latin America who overspread the continent, from the Hispanic heartland in the West to major cities such as Chicago, Miami, New York, and Boston. The United States clearly has a Hispanic present and future.

And here is its Hispanic past, presented with characteristic insight and wit by one of our greatest historians.

Product Details

Author:
Felipe Fernández-Armesto
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
8 December 2014
Dimensions:
20.57 x 13.72 x 2.79 cm
ISBN-10:
0393349829
ISBN-13:
9780393349825
Language:
English
Pages:
416
Weight:
317.51 gm

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