La Novela De Quiosco In spite of the huge editorial success of popular short novel collections in Spain during the first thirty years of the 20th century, this specific and prolific genre has been understudied and silenced by tradicional literary criticism. My thesis aims to redress this deficiency by analysing one of the most…
The Cubans Asked to conjure an image of Cuba, most Americans see a countryof elegant, crumbling buildings and old American cars. While it takes less thantwenty-five minutes to fly from Miami to Havana, the United States and its islandneighbor have been mired in hostility and distrust since the Castro Revolutionousted the American-backed…
Cajas De Cartón A powerful account of a familys journey to the fields of California -- to a life of constant moving, from strawberry fields to cotton fields, from tent cities to one-room shacks. Seen through the eyes of a boy who longs for an education and the right to call one palce…
Las Maquiladoras Here is a one-stop research resource on the assembly and manufacturing plants on the U.S.-Mexico border, termed Maquiladoras. A combination bibliography and directory, Las Maquiladoras focuses on various aspects of the American-owned companies that are located in Mexico and employ Mexican citizens. While the thrust of the items included in…
