Our America A Hispanic History of the United States [Paperback]

A rich and moving chronicle&Perhaps the first history to make the case for this nations becoming a bright Latin American country.Exceedingly well-written and engaging.Triumphantly rescues Hispanic America from obscurity.A valuable contribution to those seeking a broader understanding of U.S. history.With a lucid, engaging style, [Fern?ndez-Armesto] seeks to understand the continuity between the Spanish colonization and the fight for justice led by the Chicano movement in the sixties and by immigration advocates today&This is an invitation to look at America in full!In enviably lyrical prose, Felipe Fern?ndez-Armesto has written a bold and compelling synthesis of our nations Hispanic past, from the Spanish arrival in the late fifteenth century to the current and contentious debate over immigration reform. Marshaling famous and forgotten individuals and events, he reminds us that there is much more to Americas story than simply Massachusetts Pilgrims and Virginia Cavaliers.A rich and moving chronicle for our very present. Julio Ortega,