Latinos

They are sometimes called the people who died twice once at the hands of the Spaniards and their brutal process of civilization then at the hands of Anglos practicing a subtler exploitation. They are Latinos the fastest-growing minority in the United States. Earl Shorris''s deeply moving narrativeenlivened by biographical sketches of Mexican Americans Cuban Americans Puerto Ricans and many others struggling with the burden of a rich and terrible historyilluminates every aspect of the Latino experience in America from language to education to social and political organization. [A] powerful beautifully-written and thoughtful book...likely to remain unequaled in its sweep and profundity for some time to come.J. Jorge Klor de Alva The New York Times Book Review A smart perceptive and wonderfully readable book.... Should be required reading for anyone who would hope to understand America.Gerald Volgenau Boston Globe