Hispanic Heritage Month: Books for Adults

Updated August 16, 2024
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Gold, oil, and avocados : a recent history of Latin America in sixteen commodities
Robinson, Andy
Paper Book
The past decade has seen major political upheaval in Latin America - from Brazil to Chile to Venezuela to Bolivia - but to understand what happened, ask first where your quinoa and lithium batteries came from. In this fascinating history, roving reporter Andy Robinson takes readers from the salt...
The crusades of Cesar Chavez : a biography
Pawel, Miriam
Paper Book
National Book Critics Circle Award FinalistWinner of the California Book AwardA searching portrait of an iconic figure long shrouded in myth by a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of an acclaimed history of Chavez's movement.Cesar Chavez founded a labor union,...
Finding Latinx : in search of the voices redefining Latino identity
Ramos, Paola
Paper Book
Latinos across the United States are redefining identities, pushing boundaries, and awakening politically in powerful and surprising ways. Many-Afrolatino, indigenous, Muslim, queer and undocumented, living in large cities and small towns-are voices who have been chronically overlooked in how the...
Life of Che : an impressionistic biography
Oesterheld, H. G.
Paper Book
Life Of Che was originally released as part of a graphic biography series in January 1969, it came out in Argentina only a year after Ernesto 'Che' Guevara had died and reached an audience beyond comics readers. In the 1970s, the military government raided its publisher, destroying the means to...
Our America : a Hispanic history of the United States
Fernández-Armesto, Felipe.
Paper Book
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...

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