Latino literacy : the complete guide to our Hispanic history and culture

Summary: Latino Literacy is the most comprehensive popular reference yet published on the subject, offering all the key facts, dates, people, and events of the last half century. Opening with a narrative history section, the book recaptures the age of Spanish exploration, discovery, and settlement and leads us to modern turning points such as the "zoot suit" riots and Cesar Chavez's groundbreaking leadership among Latino farmworkers. The Culture section celebrates Latino contributions to literature, art, theater, music, dance, language, food, and more. The People section features colorful mini-biographies of noted Hispanics, from the sixteenth-century explorer Hernando de Soto to twentieth-century figures like statesman Luis Munoz Marin and tragic singing phenomenon Selena.

Item details

ISBN: 0805038582
ISBN: 9780805038583
ISBN: 0805038590
ISBN: 9780805038590
Physical Description: print
xx, 378 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Edition: 1st Owl book ed.
Publisher: New York : Henry Holt, 1996.

Contents / Notes

General Note:	"An Owl book." A Round Stone Press book."
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-363) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	History. The Spanish were here. Latino America. -Culture. -People. Latinos today and manana.