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The Miami sound offers a refrain of the old saw: one may not know how to define it, but one knows it when one hears it. Exuberant, playful, and …
Vazquez de Ayllon, Lucas (c. 1475-1526). Vazquez de Ayllon was a Spanish conquistador who, with 600 settlers, founded the first European settlement in the New World at San Miguel …
Spanish Colonial Florida (1513-1763) Unlike other parts of the Spanish imperial project in the Americas (such as Mexico, Peru, and the Caribbean), which were important for large Indian populations …
Anrig Jr. Greg, and Tova Andrea Wang, eds. Immigration’s New Frontiers: Experiences from the Emerging Gateway States. New York: Century Foundation, 2006. Atiles, Jorge H. and Stephanie A. Bohon. …
Other groups fared differently. Central Americans, especially from Honduras and El Salvador, as well as large numbers of Mexicans, have come to Florida since Mariel, largely in pursuit of …
Interim Years (1763-1821) From Florida’s incorporation into British America, and its temporary return to Spain from 1783 to 1821, the area was torn between competing imperial interests and the …
In many states, Latinos have transformed the culture by introducing Latino products and services into everyday use and Spanish words into the common vernacular. Certainly this has happened in …
Latinos in the Labor Market Although there are undoubtedly many unauthorized Latino immigrants in Georgia, the majority of Georgia’s Latinos are either U.S.-born or legal immigrants. What all …