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El Norte : the epic and forgotten story of Hispanic North America

Title
El Norte : the epic and forgotten story of Hispanic North America / Carrie Gibson.
Author
Gibson, Carrie, 1976-
Publication
  • New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2019.
  • ©2019

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Description
xvi, 560 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps; 25 cm
Summary
  • "Because of our shared English language, as well as the celebrated origin tales of the Mayflower and the rebellion of the British colonies, the United States has prized its Anglo heritage above all others. However, as Carrie Gibson explains with great depth and clarity in El Norte, the nation has much older Spanish roots--ones that have long been unacknowledged or marginalized. The Hispanic past of the United States predates the arrival of the Pilgrims by a century, and has been every bit as important in shaping the nation as it exists today. El Norte chronicles the sweeping and dramatic history of Hispanic North America from the arrival of the Spanish in the early 16th century to the present--from Ponce de Leon's initial landing in Florida in 1513 to Spanish control of the vast Louisiana territory in 1762 to the Mexican-American War in 1846 and up to the more recent tragedy of post-hurricane Puerto Rico and the ongoing border acrimony with Mexico. Interwoven in this stirring narrative of events and people are cultural issues that have been there from the start but which are unresolved to this day: language, belonging, community, race, and nationality. Seeing them play out over centuries provides vital perspective at a time when it is urgently needed. In 1883, Walt Whitman meditated on his country's Spanish past: 'We Americans have yet to really learn our own antecedents, and sort them, to unify them,' predicting that 'to that composite American identity of the future, Spanish character will supply some of the most needed parts.' That future is here, and El Norte, a stirring and eventful history in its own right, will make a powerful impact on our national understanding"--
  • The Hispanic past of the United States predates the arrival of the Pilgrims by a century, and has been every bit as important in shaping the nation as it exists today. Gibson explains that our nation's Spanish roots have often been unacknowledged or marginalized. Here she chronicles the sweeping and dramatic history of Hispanic North America from the arrival of the Spanish in the early 16th century to the present, with the recent tragedy of post-hurricane Puerto Rico and the ongoing border acrimony with Mexico. Cultural issues that have been there from the start but which are unresolved to this day-- language, belonging, community, race, and nationality-- are seen to play out over centuries, and provide vital perspective at a time when it is urgently needed. -- adapted from publisher info
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: Nogales, Arizona -- Santa Elena, South Carolina, ca. 1492-1550 -- St. Johns River, Florida, ca. 1550-1700 -- Alcade, New Mexico, ca. 1540-1720 -- Fort Mose, Florida, ca. 1600-1760 -- New Madrid, Missouri, ca. 1760-90 -- Nootka Sound, Canada, ca. 1760s-1789 -- New Orleans, Louisiana, ca. 1790-1804 -- Sabine River, ca. 1804-23 -- San Antonio de Béxar, Texas, ca. 1820-48 -- Mesilla, New Mexico, ca. 1850-77 -- Ybor City, Florida, ca. 1870-98 -- Del Rio, Texas, ca. 1910-40 -- New York, ca. 1920s-60s -- Los Angeles, California, ca. 1920s-70s -- Miami, Florida, ca. 1960-80 -- Tucson, Arizona, ca. 1994-2018 -- Epilogue: Dalton, Georgia, 2014.
Call Number
JFE 19-4237
ISBN
  • 9780802127020
  • 0802127029
  • 9780802146359 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
  • 2018047036
  • 40028872171
OCLC
1042117697
Author
Gibson, Carrie, 1976- author.
Title
El Norte : the epic and forgotten story of Hispanic North America / Carrie Gibson.
Publisher
New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2019.
Copyright Date
©2019
Edition
First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Form:
Online version: Gibson, Carrie, 1976- author. El Norte First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition. New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2019 9780802146359 (DLC) 2018051720
Other Standard Identifier
40028872171
Research Call Number
JFE 19-4237
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