Learn more about Hispanic American History by checking out one of these books from our collection.
Mexican Americans in Texas: A Brief History by Arnoldo De Leon. In this book, De Leon provides readers with a concise political, cultural, and social history of Mexican Americans from when the Spanish ruled to the area to the twentieth century.
Mexicans in the Making of America by Neil Foley. This book discusses the history of Mexicans and Mexican Americans within American history, from before America's annexation of Mexican territory to the modern day. Foley talks about the political and cultural shifts happening in America as the population of Americans identifying as Latinos increases.
Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meaning and Myths of "Latino" by Hector Tobar. Through his own experience as a child of immigrants, a reporter, and a teacher Tobar discusses what it means to belong to be labeled as a Latino. Tobar also discusses how people labeled as Latinos are received by American society and the impact Latinos have had on American society.
Del Pueblo: A History of Houston's Hispanic Community by Thomas H. Kreneck. This book discusses the history and influence of the Hispanic-American community and culture in Houston, Texas. In this edition, the author looks at the 1980s as the "Decade of the Hispanic."
Hispanics in the American West by Jorge Iber and Arnoldo De Leon. In this book De Leon covers the history of Hispanics, focusing on Mexican Americans, in the American West. He covers the daily lives of Spanish-speaking communities from pre-colonial times to the present.
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