Bibliography of Hispanic Heritage Month: Sept.15-Oct. 15, 2006

The Geography of United States Diversity

Celebration, Definition and Population

1. A brief background statement about the celebration, with related population statistics, from The United States Census Bureau: http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/007173.html

2. Hispanic Heritage in The United States: http://usa.usembassy.de/society-hispanics.htm .

3. The Hispanic Population: http://www.census.gov/pubinfo/www/NEWhispML1.html.

4. How the term “Hispanic” or “Latino” is employed by The U.S. Bureau of the Census: http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_68188.htm.

5. The Hispanic Population of The United States in facts and figures:
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_68188.htm;
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/hispanic_origin_population/index.html; http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hispanic.html .

Exploring Hispanic Countries of Origin Through Library of Congress Portals

http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/hispanic/countries/countries.html

Selected Bibliography

Anuario hispano = Hispanic yearbook.
[McLean, Va., U.S.A. : T.I.Y.M. Pub. Co.,
LC Call No.: HD2346.U52W352
Location: http://www.tiym.com/ahhy.html
Note: Internet version

Barrios and borderlands : cultures of Latinos and Latinas in the United States / [edited by] Denis Lynn Daly Heyck.
New York : Routledge, 1994.
LC Call No.: PS508.H57B37 1994

Beyond Ellis Island : Hispanics--immigrants and Americans.
Washington, D.C. (20 F St., NW, 2nd fl.,Washington 20001) : National Council of La Raza, Office of
Research, Advocacy, and Legislation, c1986.
LC Call No.: JV6795 1986

Bridging cultures : an introduction to Chicano/Latino studies / edited by Mario T. García.
Dubuque, Iowa : Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co., c2000.
LC Call No.: E184.M5B7 2000

Celebrating five hundred years of Hispanic heritage, 1492-1992 : contributing to America's progress.
[Silver Spring, MD (8115 Fenton St., Suite 216, Silver Spring 20910) : Patriots Publication, c1992]
Call No.: E184.S75C453 1992

Cockcroft, James D.
Latinos in the making of the United States / James D. Cockcroft.
New York : F. Watts, c1995.
LC Call No.: E184.S75C64 1995

Handbook of Hispanic cultures in the United States / general editors, Nicolás Kanellos, Claudio Esteva-Fabregat.
Houston, Tex. : Arte Público Press ; Madrid, Spain : Instituto de Cooperación Iberoamericana,c1993-c1994.
LC Call No.: E184.S75H365 1993

The Hispanic American almanac : a reference work on Hispanics in the United States / edited by Sonia G. Benson.
Detroit : Gale, c2003.
LC Call No.: E184.S75H557 2003

Hispanic Americans : issues and bibliography / Karl A. Lawrence, editor.
New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2002.
LC Call No.: E184.S75H5665 2002

The Latino studies reader : culture, economy, and society / edited by Antonia Darder and Rodolfo D. Torres.
Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Publishers, 1998.
LC Call No.: E184.S75L3627 1998

Morales, Ed, 1956-
Living in Spanglish : the search for Latino identity in America / Ed Morales.
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2002.
LC Call No.: E184.S75M667 2002
Publisher description: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hol042/2001048867.html

Mutual impressions : writers from the Americas reading one another / edited by Ilan Stavans.
Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 1999.
LC Call No.: PS159.L38M88 1999

New World : young Latino writers / edited and with an introduction by Ilan Stavans.
New York : Delta, 1997.
LC Call No.: PS508.H57N48 1997

Novas, Himilce.
The Hispanic 100 : a ranking of the Latino men and women who have most influenced American thought and culture / Himilce Novas.
New York : Carol Pub. Group, c1995.
LC Call No.: E169.1.N77 1995

Perspectives on Las Américas : a reader in culture, history, and representation / edited and introduced by Matthew C. Gutmann ... [et al.].
Maden, MA : Blackwell Pub., c2003.
LC Call No.: F1410.P48 2003

Stavans, Ilan.
The Hispanic condition : the power of a people / Ilan Stavans.
New York : Rayo, 2001.
LC Call No.: E184.S75S75 2001
Publisher description: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hc042/2002278290.html

Stavans, Ilan.
On borrowed words : a memoir of language / Ilan Stavans.
New York : Viking, 2001.
LC Call No.: PQ7079.2.S78Z47 2001

Stavans, Ilan.
The riddle of Cantinflas : essays on Hispanic popular culture / Ilan Stavans.
Albuquerque, N.M. : University of New Mexico Press, c1998.
LC Call No.: F1408.3.S73 1998

Stavans, Ilan.
Spanglish : the making of a new American language / Ilan Stavans.
New York : Rayo, c2003.
LC Call No.: PE3102.M4S63 2003
Publisher description: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hc042/2003046579.html

Wáchale! : poetry and prose about growing up Latino in America / edited by Ilan Stavans.
Chicago : Cricket Books, 2001.
LC Call No.: PZ5.W12 2001

Additional Electronic Resources

1. Hispanic Local History and Genealogy in the United States: http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/bib_guid/hispanic/

2. Index to the Enciclopedia Heráldica Hispano-Americana of Alberto and Arturo Garcia Carraffa: http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/geneal/index_gc.html

3. Hispanic Americans in Congress: 1822-1955:
http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/congress/

4. The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute: http://www.chci.org