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1. remezcla.com › lists › culture15 Books About Latin American History You Should Read - Remezcla

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   Sep 23, 2019 · And with back-to-school season and Hispanic Heritage Month taking place simultaneously, it made sense to look at history books – everything from before the conquista to present-day Latin...

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › CrispusCrispus - Wikipedia

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   Crispus became a popular tragic hero after the success of Bernardino Stefonio's neo-Latin tragedy Crispus, which was performed at the Jesuit Collegio Romano in 1597.

4. hiplatina.com › latin-history-books14 Books to Read to Better Understand Our Latin History

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   • An African American and Latinx History of The United States by Paul Ortiz
   • Our America: A Hispanic History of The United States by Felipe Fernández-Armesto
   • Abstract Barrios: The Crises of Latinx Visibility in Cities by Johana Londoño
   • Racial Migrations by Jesse Hoffnung-Garskof
   • Occupied America: A History of Chicanos by Rodolfo Acuña
   • The Labyrinth of Solitude by Octavio Paz

   It’s no secret that the Black and Latinx communities share many similarities in their struggle for liberation and freedom in the U.S., or that Afro-Latinxs are considered an essential bridge between these two worlds. But did you also know that we have worked together for decades in the ongoing fight against imperialism and oppression? In Paul Ortiz...

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   Our America by Felipe Fernández-Armesto is another great starting point to gain a general but essential overview of the early history of the U.S. through a Latinx lens. We were probably taught that America began as an English colony that fought back against its oppressors and gained its freedom, not as land that actually holds roots in Indigenous l...

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   If you loved Barrio America, you’ll also want to pick up Abstract Barrios by Johana Londoño, which explores how barrios were created in the U.S. over the past 70 years by the white, middle-class. Using research, interviews, and photos, Londoño argues that the white middle-class — including urban planners, architects, designers, policy-makers, busin...

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   Racial Migrations by Jesse Hoffnung-Garskof tells the story of Afro-Latinx writers, intellectuals, and revolutionaries who immigrated from Cuba and Puerto Rico to New York City during the nineteenth century. Readers will learn about extraordinary individuals including Rafael Serra, Sotero Figueroa, and Gertrudis Heredia. And how their arrival to NY...

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   Occupied America by Rodolfo F. Acuña is another great introductory overview of Latin history, this time focusing on Chicanos in the U.S. Featuring engaging illustrations and easy-to-understand language and timelines, this book includes context and accounts of various events in Chicano history that have defined the Chicano identity as we know it tod...

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   Labyrinth of Solitude by Mexican poet and diplomat Octavio Paz is a collection of essays exploring the history, identity, and culture of his home country. Throughout the book, he delves into the complicated but important connections between the U.S. and Latin America, Mexico’s endless search for a national identity, the pitfalls of his people, and ...

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5. fivebooks.com › latin-american-historyLatin American History - Five Books Expert Recommendations

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   Sep 5, 2024 · One is Cuba: An American History by Ada Ferrer, which covers 500 years of history, from just before the arrival of Christopher Columbus to the death of Fidel Castro in 2016. The book opens with Ferrer’s own departure from Cuba to New York as a baby.”

6. academic.oup.com › book › 25830Crispus Attucks Meets the New Negro: Black History and Black ...

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   The decades after 1920 saw an expansion of both textual and nontextual attention to black history as well as increasing complaints from black commentators about the exclusion of that history from school curricula and public life.

7. www.oxfordbibliographies.com › abstract › documentSallust - Classics - Oxford Bibliographies

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   Apr 14, 2011 · Gaius Sallustius Crispus (86–35? BCE ) was born at Amiternum, about 93 kilometers northeast of Rome. He may have been the first senator in his family, which was no doubt of local importance.

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   Who was Gaius Sallustius Crispus?

   • Gaius Sallustius Crispus (86–35? BCE) was born at Amiternum, about 93 kilometers northeast of Rome. He may have been the first senator in his family, which was no doubt of local importance. He was probably quaestor around 55 BCE and certainly tribune of the plebs in 52 BCE —one of those who opposed Cicero and Milo that year.

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   Did Crispus have a panegyric?

   • After his elevation to imperial rank, at which point he was also entitled princeps iuventutis ("Prince of Youth"), the Latin rhetorician Nazarius composed a panegyric preserved in the Panegyrici Latini, which honoured Crispus's military victories over the Franks in c. 319. Crispus was three times Roman consul, for the years 318, 321, and 324.

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   Was Crispus born before 307?

   • His stepmother Fausta was also put to death, and the Late Greek historian Zosimus and the Byzantine Greek writer Joannes Zonaras wrote that Constantine had accused Crispus of incest with her. After his death, Crispus was subjected to damnatio memoriae. While Crispus’ year of birth is nowhere outright stated, he must have been born before 307.

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   Why was Crispus executed?

   • The accounts of Zosimus and Zonaras say that Crispus was executed due to suspicions that he was involved in an illicit relationship with Fausta, but some scholars have been skeptical of this explanation.

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   How many times was Crispus a Roman consul?

   • Crispus was three times Roman consul, for the years 318, 321, and 324. According to the Latin histories of Ammianus Marcellinus and Aurelius Victor, after a trial whose real circumstances are mysterious, Constantine executed Crispus at Pola (Pula) in 326.

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   Who was Flavius Julius Crispus?

   • Flavius Julius Crispus (/ ˈkrɪspəs /; c. 300 – 326) was the eldest son of the Roman emperor Constantine I, as well as his junior colleague (caesar) from March 317 until his execution by his father in 326.

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9. fivebooks.com › best-books › james-dunkerley-onThe best books on Latin American History - Five Books

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   Professor James Dunkerley at Queen Mary's, University of London, says that ‘Latin America’ is a term that only dates from the 1830s. He chooses five books that illuminate the cultural and political history of the continent.