This volume presents the story of people of Spanish ancestry in America. Perhaps more than any other ethnocultural group in the United States, the Latino or Hispanic group has a complex history. Diff erent communities of Spanish settlers were incorporated into the United States during its 19th-centu
The Arab Americans (Multicultural America)
โ Scribed by Rodney P. Carlisle
- Publisher
- Facts on File (J)
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 209
- Series
- Multicultural America
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Table of Contents
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
1: Beginnings in America: Precolonial to 1900......Page 16
2: The Progressive Era and World War I: 1900 to 1920......Page 34
3: The Roaring Twenties and Great Depression: 1920 to 1939......Page 52
4: World War II and the Forties: 1939 to 1949......Page 68
5: The Fifties: 1950 to 1959......Page 82
6: The Sixties: 1960 to 1969......Page 96
7: The Seventies: 1970 to 1979......Page 112
8: The Eighties: 1980 to 1989......Page 128
9: The Nineties: 1990 to 1999......Page 144
10: The 21st Century: 2000 to the Present......Page 158
Glossary......Page 178
Index......Page 182
Photo Credits......Page 208
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