| Latinos Revised Edition Contributor(s): Shorris, Earl (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393321908 ISBN-13: 9780393321906 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $30.88 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2001 Annotation: The author's deeply moving narrative--enlivened by sketches of Mexican Americans, Cuban Americans, Puerto Ricans, and others--illuminates every aspect of the Latino experience in America, from language to education to social and political organization. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Minority Studies - History | United States - General - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Hispanic American Studies |
| Dewey: 973.046 |
| LCCN: 91039720 |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.4" W x 8.5" (1.35 lbs) 540 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic - Ethnic Orientation - Latino |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 |
Contributor Bio(s): Shorris, Earl: - Earl Shorris (1936-2012) was the author of many works of both fiction and non-fiction including Latinos, Under the Fifth Sun, In the Language of Kings, and Riches for the Poor. He was awarded a National Humanities Medal by President Clinton for his founding of the Clemente Course in the Humanities(R), Inc. |