Bøger af Juan Gonzalez

Neo Club Ediciones, 2014 ediciones@neoclubpress.com

Una historia arrolladora, cuidadosamente revisada y actualizada, de la experiencia latina en Estados Unidos. Es la primera reediciâon en diez aänos de este importante estudio sobre los latinos en la historia de Estados Unidos. La cosecha del imperio cubre un periodo de cinco siglos, desde las primeras colonias en el Nuevo Mundo, hasta la primera dâecada del nuevo milenio. Hoy en dia, los latinos representan el grupo minoritario mâas grande en Estados Unidos, y su impacto en la cultura popular del paâis --desde la comida, hasta el entretenimiento y la literatura-- es mâas profundo que nunca. Con retratos de familia de pioneros latinos migrantes, asâi como recuentos de los eventos y condiciones que los llevaron a dejar sus patrias, La cosecha del imperio es una lectura obligada para cualquiera que desee comprender la historia y el legado de este grupo, cuya influencia va en aumento.

"First published in the United States of America by Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Putnam Inc., 2000."--Title page verso.

How Bill de Blasio's mayoral victory triggered a seismic shift in the nation's urban political landscape-and what it portends for our cities in the futureIn November 2013, a little-known progressive stunned the elite of New York City by capturing the mayoralty by a landslide. Bill de Blasio's promise to end the ';Tale of Two Cities' had struck a chord among ordinary residents still struggling to recover from the Great Recession. De Blasio's election heralded the advent of the most progressive New York City government in generations. Not since the legendary Fiorello La Guardia in the 1930s had so many populist candidates captured government office at the same time. Gotham, in other words, had been suddenly reclaimed in the name of its people. How did this happen? De Blasio's victory, journalist legend Juan Gonzlez argues, was not just a routine change of government but a popular rebellion against corporate-friendly policies that had dominated New York for decades. Reflecting that broader change, liberal Democrats Bill Peduto in Pittsburgh, Betsy Hodges in Minneapolis, and Martin Walsh of Boston also won mayoral elections that same year, as did insurgent Ras Baraka in Newark the following year. This new generation of municipal leaders offers valuable lessons for those seeking grassroots reform.