Juan in a Hundred

Juan in a Hundred
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Publisher : University of Texas Press
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0292742606
ISBN-13 : 9780292742604
Rating : 4/5 (06 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Juan in a Hundred by : Otto Santa Ana

Download or read book Juan in a Hundred written by Otto Santa Ana and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2013-01-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Latinos constitute the fastest-growing and largest ethnic minority in the United States, yet less than one percent of network news coverage deals with Latinos as the focus of a story. Out of that one percent, even fewer stories are positive in either content or tone. Author of the acclaimed Brown Tide Rising: Metaphors of Latinos in Contemporary American Public Discourse, Otto Santa Ana has completed a comprehensive analysis of this situation, blending quantitative research with semiotic readings and ultimately applying cognitive science and humanist theory to explain the repercussions of this marginal, negative coverage. Santa Ana’s choice of network evening news as the foundation for Juan in a Hundred is significant because that medium is currently the single most authoritative and influential source of opinion-generating content. In his 2004 research, Santa Ana calculated that among approximately 12,000 stories airing across four networks (ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC), only 118 dealt with Latinos, a ratio that has remained stagnant over the past fifteen years. Examining the content of the stories, from briefs to features, reveals that Latino-tagged events are apparently only broadcast when national politics or human calamity are involved, and even then, the Latino issue is often tangential to a news story as a whole. On global events involving Latin America, U.S. networks often remain silent while BBC correspondents prepare fully developed, humanizing coverage. The book concludes by demonstrating how this obscurity and misinformation perpetuate maligned perceptions about Latinos. Santa Ana’s inspiring calls for reform are poised to change the face of network news in America.

The Book of Juan Jokes

The Book of Juan Jokes
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 60
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ISBN-10 : 0648200000
ISBN-13 : 9780648200000
Rating : 4/5 (00 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Book of Juan Jokes by : Juan Barake

Download or read book The Book of Juan Jokes written by Juan Barake and published by . This book was released on 2017-11 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you've heard them once, you've heard them all. This book contains 101 Juan Jokes. There is a joke for every juan!. Every Juan joke you could ever make up is in this book.

The Wild Book

The Wild Book
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Publisher : Restless Books
Total Pages : 216
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ISBN-10 : 9781632061485
ISBN-13 : 1632061481
Rating : 4/5 (85 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Wild Book by : Juan Villoro

Download or read book The Wild Book written by Juan Villoro and published by Restless Books. This book was released on 2017-11-14 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “We walked toward the part of the library where the air smelled as if it had been interred for years….. Finally, we got to the hallway where the wooden floor was the creakiest, and we sensed a strange whiff of excitement and fear. It smelled like a creature from a bygone time. It smelled like a dragon.” Thirteen-year-old Juan’s favorite things in the world are koalas, eating roast chicken, and the summer-time. This summer, though, is off to a terrible start. First, Juan’s parents separate and his dad goes to Paris. Then, as if that wasn’t horrible enough, Juan is sent away to his strange Uncle Tito’s house for the entire break! Uncle Tito is really odd: he has zigzag eyebrows; drinks ten cups of smoky tea a day; and lives inside a huge, mysterious library. One day, while Juan is exploring the library, he notices something inexplicable and rushes to tell Uncle Tito. “The books moved!” His uncle drinks all his tea in one gulp and, sputtering, lets his nephew in on a secret: Juan is a Princeps Reader––which means books respond magically to him––and he’s the only person capable of finding the elusive, never-before-read Wild Book. Juan teams up with his new friend Catalina and his little sister, and together they delve through books that scuttle from one shelf to the next, topple over unexpectedly, or even disappear altogether to find The Wild Book and discover its secret. But will they find it before the wicked, story-stealing Pirate Book does?

San Juan Hill 1898

San Juan Hill 1898
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 95
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ISBN-10 : 9781846036385
ISBN-13 : 1846036380
Rating : 4/5 (85 Downloads)

Book Synopsis San Juan Hill 1898 by : Angus Konstam

Download or read book San Juan Hill 1898 written by Angus Konstam and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-02-20 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compact volume on a key, early battle in US American history. Labelled a 'splendid little war' by Senator John Hay, the Spanish American War was a peculiar event in America's history, provoked as much by the press as by political pressures. Here, aided by superbly detailed maps and artwork, Angus Konstam deals with the clashes at Las Guasimas and El Caney, the capture of San Juan Hill, and the naval battle and siege of Santiago. The war was to mark the end of Spanish sovereignty in her 'New World', and the establishment of the United States of America as a world power.

Caterva

Caterva
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Publisher : Argentinian Literature
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1628970367
ISBN-13 : 9781628970364
Rating : 4/5 (67 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Caterva by : Juan Filloy

Download or read book Caterva written by Juan Filloy and published by Argentinian Literature. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in Spanish by Impr. Ferrari Hermanos, 1937.

Ripe Fields

Ripe Fields
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Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
Total Pages : 164
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ISBN-10 : 0898698324
ISBN-13 : 9780898698329
Rating : 4/5 (24 Downloads)

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Download or read book Ripe Fields written by and published by Church Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Timed to be launched at 2009 General Convention, Juan Oliver definitive look at the history and potential future of Latino ministry in the Episcopal Church comes at an opportune time. With Latino ministries growing around the country in all traditions, and with increasing resource and programmatic offerings being allocated to serve those communities, this highly descriptive handbook profiles the culture, faith, and importance of this emerging minority. Within the book chapters, Oliver surveys topical areas, such as: Who/What is a Latino? Latino Biblical Interpretation Worship in a Latino congregation The spiritual lives of Latinos Latino authority and governance Latino administration and stewardship The Latino priest: Factotum or Specialist? The Latino deacon The Latino bishop Non-Latinos in Latino ministry

Thurgood Marshall

Thurgood Marshall
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Publisher : Crown
Total Pages : 505
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ISBN-10 : 9780307786128
ISBN-13 : 0307786129
Rating : 4/5 (28 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Thurgood Marshall by : Juan Williams

Download or read book Thurgood Marshall written by Juan Williams and published by Crown. This book was released on 2011-06-22 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • The definitive biography of the great lawyer and Supreme Court justice, from the bestselling author of Eyes on the Prize “Magisterial . . . in Williams’ richly detailed portrait, Marshall emerges as a born rebel.”—Jack E. White, Time Thurgood Marshall was the twentieth century’s great architect of American race relations. His victory in the Brown v. Board of Education decision, the landmark Supreme Court case outlawing school segregation in the United States, would have made him a historic figure even if he had never been appointed as the first African-American to serve on the Supreme Court. He had a fierce will to change America, which led to clashes with Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcom X, and Robert F. Kennedy. Most surprising was Marshall’s secret and controversial relationship with the FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover. Based on eight years of research and interviews with over 150 sources, Thurgood Marshall is the sweeping and inspirational story of an enduring figure in American life who rose from the descendants of slaves to become an American hero.