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Latino U.S.A. : a cartoon history / by Ilan Stavans ; illustrated by Lalo Alcaraz.
Van Pelt Library E184.S75 S752 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stavans, Ilan.
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Hispanic Americans--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Hispanic Americans.
- History.
- United States--History--Comic books, strips, etc.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Comics (Graphic works)
- Physical Description:
- xv, 175 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Basic Books, [2000]
- Language Note:
- English and Spanish.
- Summary:
- Is the next latin music craze already on its way? Hasthe first spanish-speaking astronaut already reachedorbit? Will all tacolovers please stand up? there's no doubt about it, latinos are a social force rapidly revolutionizing the texture of america. But whoare they? A single homogenized group or a sum of minorities? Are they all linked through a commonlanguage and ancestry?
- Contents:
- Part 1 Conquest and Exploration: 1492-1890 12
- Columbus Sails the Ocean Blue
- Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca Gets Lost
- La Nueva Espana is Found
- Gaspar Perez de Villagra Rules New Mexico
- The Cruelties of the Holy Church
- Deconstructing the Indies
- Missions and Misiones
- Thank God for Fray Junipero Serra
- The Doctrine of Manifest Destiny
- The Westbound Expansion
- Forget the Alamo
- Who Won the Mexican-American War?
- Los Ninos Heroes
- The Guadalupe Hidalgo Treaty
- Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna Signs a Pact
- Border Bylaws and Outlaws
- Part 2 Into the Cauldron: 1891-1957 43
- Lummis in the Land of Poco Tiempo
- Ladies and Gentlemen, the Unparalleled Three Caballeros
- Our Good Neighbor Policy
- The Business of Slaves
- Oh Yes, the Spanish-American War
- Jose Marti: Between the Pen and the Sword
- Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders
- Cuba Libre
- Puerto Rico's Either/or
- Lancheros to Key West (or is it Luncheros?)
- Miguel Antonio Otero Rules
- Viva Zapata!
- Pistols and Wetbacks: The Reed-Johnsonact
- Diego Loves Frida
- Jose Vasconcelos' Bronze Race
- Who is Afraid of the Brothers Magon?
- Unions in New York Bernardo Vega
- Jose de Diego Cries While Luis Munoz Marin Smiles
- Herbert Eugene Bolton Reshapes History
- Hispanophobia: The Movie
- Puerto Rican Scholar Arthur A. Schomburg
- William Carlos Williams
- Pachucos in the Mist
- The Sleepy Lagoon and Zoot Suit Riots
- I Love Lucy, Don't You?
- Part 3 Upheaval: 1958-1977 96
- Spicy Tacos
- Julia De Burgos
- I Once Met a Girl Named Maria
- Here Comes Fidel Castro
- The Appeal of El Che
- Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile Crisis
- Las Dos Cubas: Cubans into Exile
- Bilingual Education Is Born
- Jibaros in New York
- El Movimiento
- Reies Lopez Tijerina Makes a Point
- The Students Revolt and Rejoice
- The Crusade for Justice
- Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzalez also Raises the Myth of Aztlan
- La Raza Unida Make a Party
- Cesar Chavez's Hunger
- Young Lords
- Triumphs and Tribulations of the Chicano Movement
- Ritchie Valens Sings La Bamba
- The Brown Buffalo: Oscar "Zeta" Acosta
- The Sympathies of Pablo Neruda
- Ruben Salazar, Saint and Martyr
- The National Chicano Moratorium
- Part 4 In Search of a Mainstream: 1978-Manana 133
- Does History Have a Meaning?
- Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Thundering Voice
- Tomas Rivera Devours the Earth
- Welcome to Miami: The Mariel Boatlift
- Central America on Fire!
- The Affirmation of Richard Rodriguez
- TV or NOTTV
- Soccer Fever
- Comprende Espanol? The English only Movement
- The Tragic Fate of Las Mirabal
- Viva El Graffiti!
- Bilingual Nation
- Welcome to the Future, Senor!.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-169) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0465082211 :
- OCLC:
- 44944910
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