pt. 1. Roots (Las raíces). Conquerors and victims : the image of America forms (1500-1800)
The Spanish borderlands and the making of an empire (1810-1898)
Banana republics and bonds : taming the empire's backyard (1898-1950)
pt. 2. Branches (Las ramas). Puerto Ricans : citizens yet foreigners
Mexicans : pioneers of a different type
Cubans : special refugees
Dominicans : from the Duarte to the George Washington Bridge
Central Americans : intervention comes home to roost
Colombians and Panamanians : overcoming division and disdain
pt. 3. Harvest (La cosecha). The return of Juan Seguín : Latinos and the remaking of American politics
Immigrants old and new : closing borders of the mind
Speak Spanish, you're in America! : El Huracán over language and culture
Free trade : the final conquest of Latin America
Puerto Rico, U.S.A. : possessed and unwanted.