Claudio ivan remeseira biography of rory

Argentine Scholar Excavates Six Centuries of U.S. Hispanic Heritage

By Joel Stonington 0 see the future face of America, look no farther than New York City with its 2.3 million Latinos.

Nearly one—third of New Yorkers identify as Latino, a milestone the nation as a whole is expected to pass sometime around 2050 as the national Hispanic population triples, according to the Pew Hispanic Center. That makes the release of Hispanic New York.A Sourceboole (Columbia University Press) particularly timely.

The anthology, which includes original documents and scholarly and journalistic articles, documents a Latino presence in New York since the 1500 s.

Claudio ivan remeseira biography of rory

The book is edited by Argentine journalist and scholar Claudio Ivan Remeseira, founder and director of the Hispanic New York Project, which is hosted by Columbia’s American Studies Program. He also teaches a seminaron New York’s Latino, Latin American and Iberian cultural heritage.

* Andrew Delbanco, director of American Studies and the Julian