Table of Contents

Hispanicity: A New Chapter in the History of Spain. The Culture of Spain and the New World. 1492 as a Key Year to Understand Hispanicity. The lingua franca of a Reconquered Iberia. Religious hegemony and the Edicts of Expulsion. Cultural uniformity in Spain. The Culture of Spain in the Americas. The rebellious criollos: Bolivar, Marti, San Martin. AngloAmerica and Spain in the United States. The evolution of the term "Hispanic." Coming full circle: The USA beyond the 21st Century Chapter. One: History: Lessons One Can't Ignore. The Spanish explorers in North America. Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca: the first Americano. The Spanish Settlements in North America. The Native Americans and Spaniards. Anglocentrism. The Term "Columbia". The Case of Benjamin Franklyn. The Spanish Cession (1819). The Republic of Texas (18361845). The MexicanAmerican War (18461848). The Gadsden Purchase (1853). The SpanishAmerican War (1898). And Much More.

About the Author

Dr. Patricia BazanGonzalez received her Ph.D. from New York University. She teaches Spanish, Latin American culture and literature at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Professor Salvador J. Figueras teaches in the Humanities and Social Science Division at Hudson County Community College. Author Abstract: The text involves a careful study and definition of Hispanicity, the (notso) new hybrid formed from the interaction and mingling of the two European civilizations which played the most prominent roles in the foundation of the United States of America: England and Spain. In order to have a better understanding of the text's theses, a detailed historical and linguistic analysis will substantiate the claim that the reemergence of this cultural phenomenon is part of a continuum; a process that has been more than five centuries in the making.

Reviews

"An intriguing examination of how "Hispanicity," has impacted all facets of the American way of life. This narrative finds its place in the historiography of American history, LatinAmerican history and to a greater extent Western civilization post 17th Century. The narrative is truly interdisciplinary and can easily be accommodated into other academic fields such as sociology, American literature, anthropology, ethnographic studies and historical linguistics." Professor Dorothy Anderson, Hudson County Community College. "The discussion of Spanglish as a sociopolitical tool is important in establishing the authors' interpretation of "Hispanicity " as expressive of commonality and solidarity in the Latina/o experience in the United States...This study is rich in its detail and synthesis as well as readable and enlightening." Professor Tony Acevedo, Hudson County Community College.