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Our America : a Hispanic history of the United States by Felipe Fernández-Armesto is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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"A rich and moving chronicle for our very present." —Julio Ortega, __New York Times Book Review__The United States is still typically conceived of as an offshoot of England, with our history unfolding east to west beginning with the first English settlers in Jamestown. This view overlooks the significance of America's Hispanic past. With the profile of the United States increasingly Hispanic, the importance of recovering the Hispanic dimension to our national story has never been greater. This absorbing narrative begins with the explorers and conquistadores who planted Spain's first colonies in Puerto Rico, Florida, and the Southwest. Missionaries and rancheros carry Spain's expansive impulse into the late eighteenth century, settling California, mapping the American interior to the Rockies, and charting the Pacific coast. During the nineteenth century Anglo-America expands west under the banner of "Manifest Destiny" and consolidates control through war with Mexico....

Who reads Our America : a Hispanic history of the United States?

Author

Felipe Fernández-Armesto

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9780393242850

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Social Science, Humanities

Rating

3.87 / 5 (82 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14