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Our America: A Hispanic History of the United States
Felipe Fernández-Armesto
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Description for Our America: A Hispanic History of the United States
Paperback. "A rich and moving chronicle for our very present." -Julio Ortega, New York Times Book Review Num Pages: 416 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 142 x 26. Weight in Grams: 342.
Overlooking the significance of America’s Hispanic past, the United States is typically perceived as an offshoot of Britain, with its history unfolding east to west, beginning with the first settlers in Jamestown. In an absorbing narrative, Felipe Fernández-Armesto begins with the explorers and conquistadors who planted Spain’s first colonies in Puerto Rico, Florida and the Southwest in the sixteenth century. Missionaries and rancheros carry Spain’s expansive impulse into the late eighteenth century, settling in California, mapping the American interior to the Rockies and charting the Pacific coast. The nineteenth-century triumph of Anglo-America in the West is followed by the twentieth-century ... Read more
Overlooking the significance of America’s Hispanic past, the United States is typically perceived as an offshoot of Britain, with its history unfolding east to west, beginning with the first settlers in Jamestown. In an absorbing narrative, Felipe Fernández-Armesto begins with the explorers and conquistadors who planted Spain’s first colonies in Puerto Rico, Florida and the Southwest in the sixteenth century. Missionaries and rancheros carry Spain’s expansive impulse into the late eighteenth century, settling in California, mapping the American interior to the Rockies and charting the Pacific coast. The nineteenth-century triumph of Anglo-America in the West is followed by the twentieth-century ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
345g
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393349825
SKU
V9780393349825
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About Felipe Fernández-Armesto
Felipe Fernández-Armesto, the William P. Reynolds Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame, is the author of Pathfinders: A Global History of Exploration and Our America: A Hispanic History of the United States. He lives in South Bend, Indiana, and London.
Reviews for Our America: A Hispanic History of the United States
"...clever, provocative and often very amusing 'Hispanic History'..."
Literary Review "...a brilliant, difficult book...There is much to learn, however, and much also to ponder, in this fluent and vigorous plea for a more positive approach to the present and future role of a major group of US citizens."
The Times Literary Supplement "Triumphantly rescues Hispanic America from obscurity." ... Read more
Literary Review "...a brilliant, difficult book...There is much to learn, however, and much also to ponder, in this fluent and vigorous plea for a more positive approach to the present and future role of a major group of US citizens."
The Times Literary Supplement "Triumphantly rescues Hispanic America from obscurity." ... Read more