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 European Americans (Multicultural America)
β Scribed by Rodney P. Carlisle
- Publisher
- Facts on File
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 257
- Series
- Multicultural America
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
1: The Colonial Era: Beginnings to 1776......Page 14
2: The American Revolution: 1775 to 1783......Page 40
3: The Early National Period and Expansion: 1783 to 1859......Page 58
4: The Civil War and the Gilded Age: 1859 to 1900......Page 76
5: The Progressive Era and World War I: 1900 to 1920......Page 92
6: The Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression: 1920 to 1939......Page 116
7: World War II and the Forties: 1939 to 1949......Page 134
8: Postwar United States: 1950 to 1969......Page 158
9: European Americans Today: 1970 to the Present......Page 182
Glossary......Page 208
Index......Page 214
Photo Credits......Page 256
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