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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, 2005.

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 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  305.868 TOBAR    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  305.868 TOB    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  305.868 TOBAR    Check Shelf
Description 307 pages ; 24 cm
Contents pt. 1. Crossings -- 1. Americanismo : city of peasants (Los Angeles, California) -- 2. Where green chiles roam : no es imposible (San Ysidro, California ; Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico) -- 3. Brother citizen, brother alien : sin fronteras (Watts, California ; Ameca, Jalisco, Mexico) -- pt. 2. Pioneers and pilgrims -- 4. The wanderers : el destierro (Ashland, Alabama ; McAllen, Texas ; Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico) -- 5. In the land of the new : en la tierra de lo nuevo (Dalton, Georgia ; Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico ; Memphis, Tennessee) -- 6. Our secret Latin heartlands : los secretos del machote (Rupert, Idaho ; Frankenmuth, Michigan ; Grand Island, Nebraska ; Liberal, Kansas) -- pt. 3. Manifest destinies -- 7. Unconquered : la reconquista (Cordova, New Mexico ; San Fernando, California ; San Antonio, Texas) -- 8. The old men and the boy : los balseros (Miami, Florida) -- 9. Fathers, daughters, citizens, and strongwomen : el hambre y el orgullo (Barstow, Los Angeles, Bell Gardens, Maywood, Watts, and South Gate, California) -- pt. 4. E. pluribus unum -- 10. Una nación unida : heroes of another fatherland (El Reno, Oklahoma ; San Juan, Puerto Rico ; New York, New York ; Baghdad, Iraq) -- Epilogue. 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 1573223050 alkaline paper
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