Ebook {Epub PDF} Our America: A Hispanic History of the United States by Felipe Fernández-Armesto

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Felipe Fernández-Armesto has written a well-researched and skillfully constructed history of the United States from the viewpoint of Spanish speakers (what he calls “a Hispanic perspective. Felipe Fernández-Armesto's "Our America: A Hispanic History of the United States" presents a comprehensive overview of the Hispanic presence in what became the United States, from Columbus's landing in to today's rapidly changing American society, where Hispanics make up 17% of the population and are projected to reach 30% by midcentury. Jan. 17, In “Our America,” Felipe Fernández-­Armesto, a British historian of Spanish heritage at the University of Notre Dame, recasts the pilgrimage of Hispanics in the United States.