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"An intimate and one-of-a-kind look at the world of human smuggling in Latin America, by a MacArthur "genius" grant winner and anthropologist. Political instability, poverty, climate change, and the insatiable appetite for cheap labor all fuel clandestine movement across borders. As those borders harden, the demand for smugglers who aid migrants across them increases every year. Yet media and politicians have always characterized smugglers-or coyotes,...
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Famous Hispanic women in history have inspired countless young women to believe in their dreams. From artists to astronauts and writers to politicians, many great Latino-American history makers have changed the world. The program celebrates notable Hispanic-American Women whose influence has touched us in every walk of life. There isn't an industry in which Hispanic Americans haven't made their mark in history, with some of the most iconic scientists,...
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Strangers Among Us is an examination of Latino immigration to the United States - its history, the vast transformations it is fast producing in American society, and the challenges it will present for decades to come. He tells the stories of a number of large Latino communities, linked in a chronological narrative that starts with the Puerto Rican migration to East Harlem in the 1950s and continues through the California-bound rush of Mexicans and...
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Una historia arrolladora, cuidadosamente revisada y actualizada, de la experiencia latina en Estados Unidos. Es la primera reedición en diez años de este importante estudio sobre los latinos en la historia de Estados Unidos. La cosecha del imperio cubre un periodo de cinco siglos, desde las primeras colonias en el Nuevo Mundo, hasta la primera década del nuevo milenio. Hoy en dia, los latinos representan el grupo minoritario más grande en...
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