The Complete Idiot's Guide to Latino History And CulturePenguin, 2002 M07 1 - 336 pages You’re no idiot, of course. You know there are more people from Latin America living in the United States than ever before. And you’re aware that Latinos come from several countries, including Cuba, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic. But you don’t have to south of the border to explore the rich Latino heritage. The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Latino History and Culture offers an exhaustive exploration of all things Hispanic. In this Complete Idiot’s Guide®, you get: • The scoop on the difference between Nuyoricans, Chicanos, Cuban Americans, and more. • An overview of Latin-American history, including the Spanish conquest, colonization, and subsequent struggles for independence. • Stories behind famous and infamous personas, such as Simón Bolívar, César Romero, Benito Juárez, Ernesto “Che” Guevara, Fidel Castro, and Evita Perón. • Everything you need to know about Latino life north of the border, including politics, education, work, and entertainment. |
Contents
Comforting Compatriots | 150 |
Children First | 151 |
Family Values | 152 |
Other Values | 153 |
Macho Man | 154 |
The Rules of the Macho Game | 155 |
Rebels with Cause | 156 |
Dump the Guys | 157 |
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Tall Dark and Handsome? | 14 |
Two Paths One Destination Immigrating to America | 17 |
The Roads to El Norte | 18 |
Working for the Yankee Dollar | 19 |
Theres No Free Ride | 20 |
Other Points of Entry | 21 |
No Need for Stinking Papers | 23 |
Brother Can You Spare a Quota | 24 |
The Reconquest of America | 29 |
La Primera Palabra | 30 |
Seven Cities of Gold | 31 |
The Pass to the North | 32 |
Kino Can Do | 33 |
Comings and Goings | 34 |
The Spanish John Smith and Pocahontas | 35 |
Nueva York | 36 |
From the Caribbean with Love | 38 |
Should I Stay or Should I Go? | 39 |
You Say Hispanic I Say Latino Latin American Identity | 41 |
You Say Potato I Say Patata | 42 |
Get Hip to the Language | 43 |
Are You Talking to Me? | 44 |
In This Corner Hispanic | 45 |
In That Corner Latino | 46 |
Cant They Stop Speaking in Spanish? | 47 |
Uablas Spanglish? | 48 |
Round and Round It Goes | 49 |
Were the World The Latino Universe | 51 |
What Pueblo Are You From? | 53 |
Were Many | 54 |
Across the Ocean Blue | 55 |
From Asia | 56 |
The Japanese | 58 |
Muslims and Moros | 60 |
Happy Coupling | 61 |
Whats in the Mix? | 62 |
The Lay of the Land Mapping Latin America | 63 |
An Awful Lot of Land | 64 |
South to Central America | 66 |
The Deep South of South America | 67 |
Flying Down to Rio | 68 |
Rolling On to the Southern Cone | 70 |
Cruising the Sunny Caribbean | 72 |
Latin American Isles | 74 |
Mayas Aztecs and Incas Americas PreEuropean Civilizations | 75 |
The MayasAztecslncas | 76 |
Maya Decline | 77 |
The Eagle and the Serpent | 78 |
The Fighting Aztecs | 79 |
A Doomed People | 80 |
IncaInc | 81 |
Power Of Persuasion | 82 |
A Fatal Flaw | 83 |
Other Civilizations | 84 |
The Spanish Are Coming the Spanish Are Coming Colonization and Conquest | 87 |
A Mighty Queen and a Daring Explorer | 88 |
An Offer You Cant Refuse | 89 |
Calling Off Columbus | 90 |
Oh Lucky Man | 91 |
Into the Valley of Death | 92 |
P for Pizarro and Peru | 93 |
Other Conquests | 94 |
Not By Bread Alone | 95 |
Pretty Words A Pretty Woman | 96 |
Birth of Nations Independence for All | 99 |
All or Nothing | 100 |
My Mother the Tyrant | 101 |
Padre Knows Best | 102 |
Two of a Kind | 103 |
One America One Problem | 105 |
Personality Problems | 106 |
A Mexican Hero | 107 |
Cronies and Caudillos The Twentieth Century | 109 |
The Century of the Americas? | 110 |
American Know Mow | 111 |
The Teacher and the Tyrant | 112 |
Dont Cry for Me Argentina | 113 |
Castro | 114 |
Outside the Revolution Nothing | 115 |
The Niqht of the General | 116 |
The Dirty War | 117 |
The End of the Road | 118 |
Operation Just Cause | 119 |
So far from God and So Near to the United States | 121 |
So Near to the United States | 122 |
Short War Long Memory | 123 |
A Splendid Little War | 124 |
The Revolution Without Bloodshed | 125 |
Tell It to the Marines | 126 |
Central Casting | 127 |
Not Such a Holy Sunday | 128 |
Return Engagements | 129 |
A Walk to the Past | 130 |
A Few Good Men and Women Latino Icons | 133 |
17831830 | 134 |
18391903 | 135 |
18061872 | 136 |
What Price Freedom? | 137 |
18531895 | 138 |
1959 | 139 |
For My People | 140 |
Butterflies | 141 |
In the Name of Zapata | 142 |
Body and Soul Latin Style | 145 |
Mi FamiliaHome and Family Life | 147 |
Family Affair | 148 |
Not by Law | 149 |
The Troubled Familia | 158 |
Tradición Religious Traditions | 161 |
News from Other Worlds | 162 |
Three Changes of Heart | 163 |
Northern Ways | 164 |
The Presence of the Church | 165 |
The Protestant Way | 166 |
Protestantism in El Norte | 167 |
Pentecostal Paths | 168 |
The Way of the Saints | 169 |
The Ways of Santeros | 170 |
Of the Spirit | 171 |
Personal Contact with the Other World | 172 |
Where One Eats Two Share a Meal | 173 |
Food from South of the Border | 174 |
Toma Chocolate | 175 |
The Exchange | 176 |
Try This | 177 |
Frijoles Neqros | 178 |
Plato Nacional | 179 |
Argentina | 180 |
A Few Adapted Dishes | 181 |
From Mambo to Tango Songs to Sonnets Soccer to Baseball | 183 |
The Rhythm Is Gonna Get You | 185 |
All the Sounds of the Earth | 186 |
The Flames of Flamenco | 187 |
From Africa with Music | 188 |
Bang the Drum Hot Slowly | 189 |
It Takes Two to Tango | 190 |
Dancing with a Broken Leg | 191 |
Salon Mexico | 192 |
Lovely Lament | 193 |
Back to the Classics | 195 |
Writing with a Spanish Accent | 197 |
In the Beginning | 198 |
Nineteenth Century Nueva York | 199 |
Of Poets and Pain | 200 |
The Ballad of Greqorio Cortez | 201 |
Chicanos Nuyoricans and Cubanos | 202 |
Dont Forget About the Dominicans | 203 |
All the World Is a Stage | 204 |
Why Oscar Hijuelos Isnt Like Ernest Hemingway | 205 |
Books for All Season | 206 |
Lights Camera Acdon | 209 |
Made in Hollywood | 210 |
Bandidos from Spain | 211 |
Latin Lovers | 212 |
Mysterious Ways | 213 |
Spitfire | 214 |
Greener Pastures | 215 |
Positive Portrayals | 216 |
We All Love Lucy | 217 |
Desis and Lucys Legacy | 218 |
Down Mexican Ways | 219 |
The Beauty and the Comico | 220 |
Argentine Ways | 221 |
Made in Cuba | 222 |
Legendary Latinos | 223 |
Lets Play Ball | 225 |
A Lot of BS | 226 |
A Passionate Game | 227 |
Latinos Favorite Players | 228 |
Lrts Play Btisbol | 229 |
Peloteros | 230 |
From Santo Domingo | 231 |
Leyendas or Legends | 232 |
The Latino KO | 234 |
The Golden Boy | 235 |
LivingontheHyphen | 237 |
Mr Menendez Goes to Washington | 239 |
The First Politicians | 240 |
Three Caballeros | 241 |
New York Lords | 242 |
Dos Caballeros Plus a Lady | 243 |
Cubanos | 244 |
More Politicians | 245 |
All Politics Is Local | 246 |
The Latino Voter | 247 |
What Do Latinos Want? | 248 |
Your Negocio Is My Business | 251 |
Beginning a Business | 252 |
Negocios de Familias | 253 |
Bodegas and Bolita | 254 |
Economic Enclaves | 255 |
Fernandos 500? | 257 |
Rich Latinos | 258 |
Good News | 259 |
Going to College | 261 |
Preschool | 262 |
Elementary School | 263 |
High School | 264 |
College Life | 266 |
Failure | 267 |
More Help | 268 |
Colleges for Latinos | 269 |
Mañana Mañana | 271 |
The More The Merrier | 272 |
South of the Border | 273 |
Immigration Woes | 274 |
The Least Likely Place | 275 |
Opponents of Bilingual Education | 276 |
English Plus | 277 |
Looking at a Latino Hollywood | 278 |
El Señor Presidente | 279 |
Latino Holidays | 281 |
Las Palabras A Glossary | 287 |
Libros For Further Reading | 295 |
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