Produktdetaljer
Om bidragsyterne
Jorge Iber, PhD, is associate professor of history and chair of the Department of History at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX. His published works include Hispanics in the Mormon Zion, 1912–1999 as well as numerous articles on Mexican Americans.
Arnoldo De León, PhD, is C. J. "Red" Davidson University Professor of History at Angelo State University, San Angelo, TX. His published works include Ethnicity in the Sunbelt: A History of Mexican Americans in Houston and Racial Frontiers: Africans, Chinese, and Mexicans in Western America, 1848–1890. He is also the author of numerous articles on Texas and Mexican American history.
"This book will be useful in high school and undergraduate libraries looking for materials on the history and cultural influences of Hispanic culture on America. It is a unique look at the history of Spanish-speaking Americans in U.S. history and proves to be both insightful and unique." - <i>American Reference Books Annual</i>
This work provides a revealing look at the history of Hispanic peoples in the American West (or, from the Mexican perspective, El Norte) from the period of Spanish colonization through the present day.
Hispanics in the American West portrays the daily lives, struggles, and triumphs of Spanish-speaking peoples from the arrival of Spanish conquistadors to the present, highlighting such defining moments as the years of Mexican sovereignty, the Mexican-American War, the coming of the railroad, the great Mexican migration in the early 20th century, the Great Depression, World War II, the Chicano Movement that arose in the mid-1960s, and more.
Coverage includes Hispanics of all nationalities (not just Mexican, but Cuban, Puerto Rican, Salvadoran, and Guatemalan, among others) and ranges beyond the "traditional" Hispanic states (Texas, California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado) to look at newer communities of Spanish-speaking peoples in Oregon, Hawaii, and Utah. The result is a portrait of Hispanic American life in the West that is uniquely inclusive, insightful, and surprising.
- Includes maps, photos, and a comprehensive index as well as biographical sketches within each chapter that personalize the themes, recounting the lives of individuals caught up in the sweep of history
- Covers Hispanic Americans of all origins, offering discussions of the differences among these groups not found in other publications
Making accessible the breakthrough work of the "new Western historians," along with many other influential scholars of the region, Cultures in the American West takes readers to the fascinating meeting place of two core themes in American history-immigration and westward expansion.
In handbooks focusing on specific groups, the series reveals how the West was influenced by, and in turn influenced, the cultures of African Americans, Hispanics, Jews, American Indians, Europeans, women, and others. From the lives of black cowboys to immigration stories of East Indians to the extraordinary documents of daily life written by women, Cultures in the American West offers ample proof that the American experience in the West was far more multicultural than it is often portrayed.
Produktdetaljer
Om bidragsyterne
Jorge Iber, PhD, is associate professor of history and chair of the Department of History at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX. His published works include Hispanics in the Mormon Zion, 1912–1999 as well as numerous articles on Mexican Americans.
Arnoldo De León, PhD, is C. J. "Red" Davidson University Professor of History at Angelo State University, San Angelo, TX. His published works include Ethnicity in the Sunbelt: A History of Mexican Americans in Houston and Racial Frontiers: Africans, Chinese, and Mexicans in Western America, 1848–1890. He is also the author of numerous articles on Texas and Mexican American history.