Hispanic and Latino New Orleans: Immigration and Identity since the Eighteenth Century

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Often lost sight of in historic studies of New Orleans, the city’s Hispanic and Latino populations have contributed significantly to its development. Hispanic and Latino New Orleans offers the first scholarly study of these communities within the Crescent City. This trailblazing volume not only explores the evolving role of Hispanics and Latinos in shaping the city’s unique cultural identity but in addition reveals how their history informs the ongoing national debate about immigration.

As early as the eighteenth century, the Spanish government used incentives of land and money to encourage Spaniards from other regions of the empire―particularly the Canary Islands―to settle in and around New Orleans. Even though immigration from Spain declined markedly within the wake of the Louisiana Purchase, the city quickly changed into the gateway between the USA and the emerging independent republics of Latin The us. The burgeoning trade in coffee, sugar, and bananas attracted Cuban and Honduran immigrants to New Orleans, at the same time as smaller communities of Hispanics and Latinos from countries such as Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Brazil also made their marks at the landscapes and neighborhoods of the city, particularly within the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Combining accessible historical narrative, interviews, and maps that illustrate changing residential geographies, Hispanic and Latino New Orleans is a landmark study of the political, economic, and cultural networks that produced these diverse communities in probably the most country’s most distinctive cities.

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