"A rich and moving chronicle for our very present." -- Julio Ortega, New York Times Book Review

The United States is still typically conceived of as an offshoot of England, with our history unfolding east to west beginning with the first English settlers in Jamestown. This view overlooks the significance of America's Hispanic past. With the profile of the United States increasingly Hispanic, the importance of recovering the Hispanic dimension to our national story has never been greater.

This absorbing narrative begins with the explorers and conquistadores who planted Spain's first colonies in Puerto Rico, Florida, and the Southwest. Missionaries and rancheros carry Spain's expansive impulse into the late eighteenth century, settling California, mapping the American interior to the Rockies, and charting the Pacific coast. During the nineteenth century Anglo-America expands west under the banner of "Manifest Destiny" and consolidates control through war with Mexico. In the Hispanic resurgence that follows, it is the peoples of Latin America who overspread the continent, from the Hispanic heartland in the West to major cities such as Chicago, Miami, New York, and Boston. The United States clearly has a Hispanic present and future.

And here is its Hispanic past, presented with characteristic insight and wit by one of our greatest historians.

• We started tracking this book on February 13, 2014.
• This book was $14.99 when we started tracking it.
• The price of this book has changed 40 times in the past 3,719 days.
• The current price of this book is $9.99 last checked one day ago.
• This book is at its lowest price in the past year.
• The lowest price to date was $1.99 last reached on March 7, 2018.
• This book has been $1.99 one time since we started tracking it.
• The highest price to date was $14.99 last reached on February 13, 2014.
• This book has been $14.99 one time since we started tracking it.

• HistoryUnited StatesLatin American
• Politics & Social SciencesSocial SciencesSpecial GroupsHispanic American Studies
• HistoryWorldExpeditions & Discoveries

• Publication Date: January 20, 2014
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Disabled
• Print Length: 433 Pages
• File Size: 1,517 KB