Designed for the person who speaks little or no Spanish, but has a desire or a need to communicate with Spanish-speaking people, How to Reach Los Hispanos will have you speaking correct Spanish within moments of opening it! It will help you build relationships with Hispanics by providing an easy-to-implement bridge of communication.

Employers, entrepreneurs and almost anyone who has encountered a frustrating language barrier will find this book incredibly useful in bridging the gap between you and your Spanish-speaking workers and friends. Useful in the home, the work, in the church and while traveling, How to Reach Los Hispanos will be something you'll want to have with you wherever you encounter Spanish-speaking people.

Contains easy-to-use phonetic pronunciations, in plain English, that will enable you to quickly acquire the words, phrases and conversational sentences you need to communicate effectively with the Spanish-speaking people in your life. Speaking Spanish was never this easy!

Under the direction of actor and activist Edward James Olmos, more than thirty award-winning photographers fanned out across the country to capture life on the neighborhood playgrounds, on the streets of New York, on the banks of the Rio Grande, at the flamenco bars, at work, and in churches. Thousands of miles and thousands of photographs later, the result is an astounding panoramic vision of the United States today.

With bilingual essays, poetry, and commentary from such notable figures as Carlos Fuentes and Maya Angelou, Americanos celebrates the diversity and energy of today's Latin-American community through a wealth of nationalities Cuban, Panamanian, Puerto Rican, Mexican, Argentinean, and others. Readers share unforgettable glimpses of the lives of celebrities, as well as the inspiring experiences found in the lives of everyday heroes. Americanos is a bold self-portrait of a people bound together by their languages and traditions, as varied as America itself.

Americanos: La Vida Latina en los Estados Unidos

Bajo la instruccion del actor y activista Edward James Olmos, mas de trenta fotsgrafos han recorrido el pais, incluyendo los parques de recreo, las calles de Nueva York, las orillas del Rio Grande, los salones de flameneco, los lugares de trabajo, y las iglesias, para cautivar la vida Latina en los Estados Unidos. Miles de millas y fotografmas despues, el resultado es una vision panoramica de lo que es en si, los Estados Unidos hoy en dma.

Lleno de composiciones, poesia, y comentarios por figuras destacadas como Carlos Fuentes y Maya Angelo, Americanos celebra la energma y diversidad que existe en todas las communidades hispanas; sean Cubanos, Panoamericanos, Puerto Riquenos, Mexicanos, Argentinos, o otros Latinoamericanos. Las fotos no solamenta da un vistazo de la vida de los famosos, sino tambien la de los heroes cotidiano. Americanos es un valiente retrato de una gente unida por sus lenguas y tradiciones, apesar de tantas diferencias, tal cual el pais mismo.

A word from editor Edward James Olmos...

There have been few experiences in my life that have been as rewarding to me as the making of Americanos. As it evolved, it became a source of inner peace, and short of the birth of my children, nothing else has ever inspired me more.

Why Americanos? Why would we give this title to a project on Latinos? There were several reasons. One is that too often this society sees us not as Americans, but as strangers of this land. We have worked hard to help build this country and we continue to do so every day. When people see the face of America, they need to also see our images included. Second, as Latinos we often think of Americanos as the others in this country, not us. We, and especially our children, need to see that we are an integral and equal part of this society. Third, we wanted a title that would recognize and honor our bilingual heritage and would be easily understood in both English and Spanish. And finally, we wanted to illustrate that much like a quilt woven with many intricate and beautiful fibers, Latinos are a proud and diverse people interwoven with indigenous, Spanish/European, African, and Asian roots. We are citizens not only of the United States of America, but of all the Americas and Latin American countries around the world. My colleagues and I gave much thought to the title and the content of this book and we hope we have created a work that will both educate and inspire.

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Cited to “Outstanding Reference Works” by the New York Public Library, 1995.

Named “Best Reference Work on Minority Issues in the United States” by the Denali Press, 1996.

This four-volume series is edited by noted scholars Nicolás Kanellos (University of Houston) and Claudio Esteva Fabregat (University of Barcelona). Kanellos, literary historian, and Esteva, anthropologist, have assembled a team of outstanding scholars to bring together comprehensive studies on all aspects of U.S. Hispanic culture in the following disciplines: Volume I, Literature and Art, edited by Francisco Lomelí (University of California-Santa Barbara); Volume II, History, edited by Alfredo Jiménez (University of Seville); Volume III, Sociology, edited by Félix Padilla (Northeastern University); Volume IV, Anthropology, edited by Thomas Weaver (University of Arizona).