| | Introduction | p. xi |
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| | Conquerors and Victims: The Image of America Forms (1500-1800) | p. 3 |
| | The Spanish Borderlands and the Making of an Empire (1810-1898) | p. 27 |
| | Banana Republics and Bonds: Taming the Empire's Backyard (1898-1950) | p. 58 |
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| | Puerto Ricans: Citizens Yet Foreigners | p. 81 |
| | Mexicans: Pioneers of a Different Type | p. 96 |
| | Cubans: Special Refugees | p. 108 |
| | Dominicans: From the Duarte to the George Washington Bridge | p. 117 |
| | Central Americans: Intervention Comes Home to Roost | p. 129 |
| | Colombians and Panamanians: Overcoming Division and Disdain | p. 149 |
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| | The Return of Juan Seguín: Latinos and the Remaking of American Politics | p. 167 |
| | Immigrants Old and New: Closing Borders of the Mind | p. 199 |
| | Speak Spanish, You're in America!: El Huracán over Language and Culture | p. 225 |
| | Free Trade: The Final Conquest of Latin America | p. 249 |
| | Puerto Rico, U.S.A.: Possessed and Unwanted | p. 278 |
| | Epilogue | p. 307 |
| | Acknowledgments | p. 312 |
| | Notes | p. 314 |
| | Glossary | p. 353 |
| | Bibliography | p. 355 |
| | Interviews | p. 369 |
| | Index | p. 373 |