Hispanic Americans
 
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Introduction

Research Hispanic Americans, past and present, who have made significant contributions to the American culture.

Research the relationship between Hispanic Americans and other cultural groups in the United States.

Show the impact, ramifications, relationship and influence of primary documents on current issues.

Research Hispanic American authors, their works, and their influence on the American culture


Dewey Numbers  390s, 305, 811, 920, 973

Non-Print Resources

Notable Hispanic American Biographies

Hispanic-Latino-Americans

Hispanic America USA

Hispanic American Biographies

Hispanic Heritage Biographies

Hispanic Americans

American Latinos Survey

Hispanic Americans in Congress

Definition of Hispanic and Latino and Demographics

Who Are Hispanic Americans?

Jim Lehrer News Hour on Hispanic Americans

Timeline of Events in Hispanic American History

Hispanic American Innovators Advance Technology

Hispanic American History

US Society - Hispanic Americans


Catalog

Online Catalog

Keywords:

Mexican American
Cuban American
Puerto Rican American
Chicanos
Latino American

Famous Hispanic Americans:

Christina Aguilera, Isabel Allende, Julia Alvarez, Rudolfo Anaya, Judith Francisca Baca, Diane Gonzales Bertrand, Jeff Bezos, Julio Cesar Chavez, Cesar Chavez, Sandra Cisneros, Roberto Clemente, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Jessie De La Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Jaime Escalante, Jose Ferrer, Hector P. Garcia, Pancho Gonzales, Elva Trevino Hart, Keith Hernandez, Juan Felipe Herrera, Oscar Hijuelos, Delores Huerta, Enrique Iglesias, Jennifer Lopez, Pedro Martinez, Nicholasa Mohr, Dionicio Morales, Rita Moreno, Jos Mndez, Julian Nava, Ellen Ochoa, Edward James Olmos, Antonia Pantoja, Jim Plunkett, Freddie Prinze, Anthony Quinn, Chita Rivera, Richard Rodriguez, Linda Ronstadt, Carlos Santana, Esmeralda Santiago, Gary Soto, Piri Thomas, Lee Trevino, Richie Valens, Lorenzo de Zavala

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Print Resources

Non Fiction

302.2 W 5 Careers in Publishing and Communications
305.8 K Minorities Today
305.8 M Multiculturalism in the United States
305.8 M Minorities
325.73 C Issues in Immigratoin
331.5 H Migrant Worker Boy From the Rio Grande Valley
338 Z Latino Entrepreneurs
340 W Careers in Law and Politics
394.26 M The Latino Holiday Book
395.2 H Celebrating a Quinceanera: A Latina's 15th Birthday Celebration
398.2 D Adelita A Mexican Cinderella Story
398 M Mexican-American Folklore
398.2 G Cuentos Tales from the Hispanic Southwest
398.25 A Mexican Ghost Tales of the Southwest
780 T Careers in the Music Industry
796 M Careers in Sports
810.8 L The Latino Reader: an American Literacy Tradition from 1542 to the Present
811 A Angels Ride Bikes
811 A Elegy on the Death of Cesar Chavez
811 H Laughing Out Loud, I Fly
811 M The Desert is My Mother
811 M My Own True Name : New and Selected Poems for Young Adults
811 S Elegies in Blue Poems
813 G Growing Up Puerto Rican
860.8 L Latino Voices
920 A Caminos de Jose Marti, Frida Kahlo, Cesar Chavez
920 C Latinos in Beisbol The Hispanic Experience in the Americas
920 M Our Tejano Heroes: Outstanding Mexican-Americans in Texas
920 M Notable Latino Americans
920 O Hispanic American Scientists
973 F The Hispanic Presence in North America: From 1492-to Today
973 G The Cuban Americans
973 H The Cuban American Family Album
973 M Cubans in America: A Vibrant History of a People in Exile
973 N Everything You Need To Know About Latino History
973 P Puerto Ricans in the United States
973 P North Across the Border: The Story of the Mexican Americans
973 R The Other Face of America: Chronicles of the Immigrants Shaping Our Future

Reference

R 031 N Nueva enciclopdia cumbre
R 304.8 Mexicans-Political Unrest Vol. 8
R 305.8 H Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups
R 305.8 N A Nation of Peoples: A Sourcebook on America's Multicultural Heritage
R 327.73 M Mexico and the United States Vol. 1 - 3
R 460 L Lexipedia: diccionaio enciclopedico
R 920 M Biographical Dictionary of Hispanic-Americans
R 973 C Chronology of Hispanic American History: From Pre-Columbian Times to the Present
R 973 E Encyclopedia of American Studies (Excellent resource for everything about US)
R 973 H The Hispanic American Almanac: A Reference Work on Hispanics in the United States
R 973 L The Latino Encyclopedia Vol. 1 - 6
R 973 O Atlas of Hispanic American History
R 973 W The World Book of America's Multicultural Heritage

Biography

B Escalante Jaime Escalante: Sensational Teacher
B Thomas Down These Mean Streets
Fiction  
F Boswell

American Owned Love

F Diaz The Aztec Love God
F Osa Cuba 15
F Castilla

Emilio

F Rodriguez It Doesn't Have To Be This Way: a Barrio Story
F Esquivel Like Water for Chocolate
F Lynch Mick
F Ewing Party Girl
F Haugaard No place
F Draper Romiette and Julio
F Walker The Temple of My Familiar
F Steinbeck Tortilla Flat
F Steinbeck Tortilla Flat/ traduccion de Anita Gomez de Cardenas
F Soto Tomando Partido
F Bencastro Viaje a la Tierra del Abuelo
Short Stories  
SC Jimenez The Circuit: Stories From the Life of a Migrant Child
SC Lopez Soy La Avon Lady and Other Stories
SC Murguia This War Called Love Nine Stories
SC Rice Crazy Loco
SC Soto Baseball in April and Other Stories
SC Soto Local News
SC Soto Petty Crimes

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