Figueras, Salvador J.

Professor Salvador J. Figueras teaches in the Humanities and Social Science Division at Hudson County Community College.

The Hispanicization of the United States: The Latino Challenge to American Culture

2017 1-4955-0525-1
The transformation and reincarnation of culture is underway in the United States and has been ongoing for hundreds of years. England and Spain each played prominent roles in influencing the historical “founding” of what America has become for nearly five centuries. This study emerges as a leading identifier of the many historical and ingrained social nuances this hybrid culture – Hispanicity – employs as it continues to modify and challenge every cultural aspect of modern society in the United States.

The Hispanicization of the United States: The Latino Challenge to American Culture (NYRB Softcover price)

2020 1-4955-0849-8
The transformation and reincarnation of culture is underway in the United States and has been ongoing for hundreds of years. England and Spain each played prominent roles in influencing the historical “founding” of what America has become for nearly five centuries. This study emerges as a leading identifier of the many historical and ingrained social nuances this hybrid culture – Hispanicity – employs as it continues to modify and challenge every cultural aspect of modern society in the United States.