Memoria sobre la Primera Escuadra Nacional

"A fascinating and beautifully argued interpretation of how the American war in Southeast Asia affected Chicano communities. The author provides the most complete and well-documented study to date of this important chapter in U.S. history and its impact on an ethnic group with long-standing traditions of military service, assimilation, and resistance to injustice. Oropeza's book is what students of the Chicano Movement, especially the Mexican American role in antiwar activities during the Vietnam War period, have been waiting for."—George Mariscal, author of Aztlán and Viet Nam: Chicano...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

Este libro abarca, “un panorama del proceso que forma y define al pueblo de Cuba en su esfuerzo secular por fraguarse un destino largo”. Está dividido en seis partes, la primera, aborda los siglos XVI-XVII, desde la llegada de los conquistadores españoles a la Isla (conquista y colonización) hasta los primeros conflictos sociales; la segunda (siglo XVIII), la repercusión de los cambios políticos y económicos de Europa en la Isla, el papel de los comerciantes cubanos, la toma de La Habana por los ingleses, etc. La tercera parte (siglo XIX), el apogeo del colonialismo esclavista,...