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Author Tobar, Héctor, 1963-

Title Translation nation : defining a new American identity in the Spanish-speaking United States / Héctor Tobar.

Publication Info. New York : Riverhead Books, 2006.
2005.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  305.868 T628T    Check Shelf
Edition First Riverhead trade paperback edition.
Description 349 pages ; 21 cm
Note Originally published: 2005.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [347]-349).
Contents Americanismo: city of peasants: Los Angeles, California -- Where green chiles roam: no es imposible: San Ysidro, California ; Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico -- Brother citizen, brother alien: sin fronteras: Watts, California ; Ameca, Jalisco, Mexico -- The wanderers: el destierro: Ashland, Alabama ; McAllen, Texas ; Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico -- In the land of the new: en la tierra de lo nuevo: Dalton, Georgia ; Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico ; Memphis, Tennessee -- Our secret Latin heartlands: los secretos del machote: Rupert, Idaho ; Frankenmuth, Michigan ; Grand Island, Nebraska ; Liberal, Kansas -- Unconquered: la reconquista: Cordova, New Mexico ; San Fernando, California ; San Antonio, Texas -- The old men and the boy: los balseros: Miami, Florida -- Fathers, daughters, citizens, and strongwomen: el hambre y el orgullo: Barstow, Los Angeles, Bell Gardens, Maywood, Watts, and South Gate, California -- Una nación unida: heroes of another fatherland: El Reno, Oklahoma ; San Juan, Puerto Rico ; New York, New York ; Baghdad, Iraq -- Che and the three monkeys: che y los tres monos: La Higuera, Bolivia ; Buenos Aires, Argentina ; Los Angeles, California ; Ashland, Alabama.
Subject Hispanic Americans -- Social conditions.
Hispanic Americans -- Ethnic identity.
United States -- Ethnic relations.
ISBN 1594481768 paperback
9781594481765 paperback
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