Hispanic New York

Foreword, by Andrew DelbancoNote on the SelectionsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: New York City and the Emergence of a New Hemispheric Identity, by Claudio Ivan Remeseira1. People and CommunitiesHistorical PerspectivesThe Evolution of the Latino Community in New York: Nineteenth Century to Late Twentieth Century, by Gabriel Haslip-VieraA Vindication of CubaOur America, by Jose MartiMemoirs of Bernardo Vega: A Contribution to the History of the Puerto Rican Community in New York (excerpts), by Bernardo VegaHalfway to Dick and Jane: A Puerto Rican Pilgrimage, by Jack AguerosNew York: Teetering on the Heights, by Roberto SuroThe Hispanic Impact Upon the United States, by Theodore S. Beardsley Jr.In Search of Latinas in U.S. History, 1540-1970s, by Virginia Sanchez KorrolThe Spanish Element in Our Nationality, by Walt WhitmanPerspectives on Race, Ethnicity, and ReligionRacial Themes in the Literature: Puerto Ricans and Other Latinos, by Clara E. RodriguezThe Emergence of Latino Panethnicity, by Milagros Ricourt and Ruby DantaCreole Religions of the Caribbean, by Margarite Fernandez Olmos and Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert2. Cultural HybridizationsLanguage and Literature: A Bilingual TraditionNew York City: Center and Transit Point of Hispanic Cultural Nomadism, by Dionisio CanasPuerto Rican Voices in English, by Carmen Dolores HernandezSpanish in New York, by Ana Celia ZentellaSpanish in New York: A Moving Landscape, by Antonio Munoz-MolinaMusic and Art: Latino, Latin American, AmericanNew York's Latin Music Landmarks, by Frank M. FigueroaThe Story of Nuyorican Salsa, by Ed MoralesMariachi Reverie, by Paul BermanThe Art of Babel in the Americas, by Luis Perez-OramasThe Life and Passion of Jean-Michel Basquiat, by Frances Negron-MuntanerA Splendid Outsider: Archer Milton Huntington and the Hispanic Heritage in the United States, by Claudio Ivan RemeseiraCarlos Gardel in New York: The Birth of a Hispanic American Myth, by Claudio Ivan RemeseiraFurther ReadingContributorsIndex of NamesIndex of Subjects