"Here, for the first time in English--and from the Mexican perspective--is the story of Mexican migration to the United States and the astonishing forced repatriation of hundreds of thousands of people to Mexico during the worldwide economic crisis of the Great Depression. While…
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- FOREWORD TO THE ENGLISH-LANGUAGE EDITION by Mark Overmyer-Velázquez -- FOREWORD TO THE ORIGINAL EDITION by Leticia Calderón Chelius -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE: Migratory Movements betwe…
This book is a history of the foods and eating habits of Puerto Rico; it unfolds into an examination of Puerto Rican society from the Spanish conquest to the present. Each chapter is centered on an iconic Puerto Rican foodstuff, from rice and cornmeal to beans, roots, herbs, fis…
In this cultural history of Cuba during the United States' brief but influential occupation from 1898 to 1902, a transitional period following the Spanish-American War, the author sheds light on the complex set of pressures that guided the formation and production of a burgeonin…
