La invasión de América

Este libro es una conversación entre dos personas que, con interés académico y por compromiso político, han dedicado parte importante de su vida profesional a comprender los procesos sociales en los que se construye la memoria pública, las imágenes sobre el pasado, o la función que puede tener el recuerdo en los procesos de reparación del daño hecho por las vulneraciones de los derechos de las personas, sea en regímenes dictatoriales o no. Habla de interrogantes compartidos, de experiencias diferentes aunque convergentes, apunta propósitos, expone temas y relata acciones. Pero no...

Examines U.S. history from the Mexican American perspective, including long before 1776, 1830-1910 conquest and colonization, Mexican Revolution, the poor of Mexico were wanted up North, in occupied America, 1929-1960, World War II, strikes, the Zoot Suit riots, stereotypes, culture (viva nuestra cultura), the movement (el movimiento), Raza Unida party, rolling back gains of the 60s, justice for farmworkers, immigration in the 80s, boom in the arts.

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The history of Puerto Ricans in the so-called "Babel of Steel" dates back more than a century. Through hundreds of images of the "pioneers"-those Puerto Rican migrants who established themselves in New York City between the 1890s and the end of World War II-we capture a glimpse of their daily lives and of their individual and collective stories. This rich collection of images from the Archives of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College helps to examine the history of the Puerto Rican community at a time when it was spreading its roots in New York City's social, political,...