Latinos: A Biography of the People

di Earl Shorris (Autore)

WW Norton & Co, 2001

They are sometimes called the people who died twice, once at the hands of the Spaniards and their brutal process of civilization, then at the hands of Anglos, practicing a subtler exploitation. They are Latinos, the fastest-growing minority in the United States. Earl Shorris's deeply moving narrative-enlivened by biographical sketches of Mexican Americans, Cuban Americans, Puerto Ricans, and many others struggling with the burden of a rich and terrible history-illuminates every aspect of the Latino experience in America, from language to education to social and political organization. "[A] powerful, beautifully-written and thoughtful book...likely to remain unequaled in its sweep and profundity for some time to come."-J. Jorge Klor de Alva, The New York Times Book Review "A smart, perceptive and wonderfully readable book.... Should be required reading for anyone who would hope to understand America."-Gerald Volgenau, Boston Globe

• Autore: Earl Shorris
• Editore: WW Norton & Co
• Anno: 2001
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 544 p.
• Dimensioni: 208 x 140 mm
• Peso: 480 gr.
• EAN: 9780393321906

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