Praise for El Norte "El Norte is the book that Americans, Anglo and Hispanic, should read as an education on their own American place or role . This is a serious book of history but also an engaging project of reading the future in the past"-- New York Times Book Review "An important correction to centuries of American history . Gibson's sprawling work makes a major contribution by reminding us of the falseness of Donald Trump's xenophobic narrative."--Guardian "This history debunks the myth of American exceptionalism by revisiting a past that is not British and Protestant but Hispanic and Catholic. At a time when the building of walls occupies so much attention, Gibson makes a case for the blurring of boundaries."--New Yorker "[Gibson] writes engagingly of moments of violence and injustice, deprivation and discrimination, music and muses: Her paragraphs on the early-20th-century Texas society women who bickered over how to restore the Alamo, for instance, would do justice to the pen of an Edith Wharton."--Wall Street Journal "Gibson's exhaustively researched and well-written chronicle is an essential acquisition for all American history collections."--Booklist (starred review) "A sweeping and accessible survey of the Hispanic history of the U.

S . Provides a welcome and thought-provoking angle on the country's history, and should be widely appreciated."--Publishers Weekly (starred review) Praise for Empire's Crossroads "Gibson knows how to hold a reader's interest with gems of fact and sometimes poetic prose."--New York Times Book Review "Ambitious . With rare narrative verve and a gift for synthesis, Gibson compresses the islands' histories into a wide-ranging, vivid narrative."--Observer (UK), "Best History Books of 2014" "There can never be too many books about the Caribbean, a region whose diversity and cultural richness is unparalleled, and Carrie Gibson's new offering is a welcome addition to the canon."--BBC History (UK) "Carrie Gibson's thoughtful and extensively researched Empire's Crossroads is a revelation. It is both a readable and in-depth study .

A valuable work that is required reading for scholars and students . Impassioned and anecdotally rich."--Christian Science Monitor "[An] epic history of the Caribbean . Vivid and thought-provoking."--Spectator (UK) "Gibson's social history focuses heavily on the destructive legacy of slavery, the bitter divisiveness of racism, and the brutality and inequalities of the opulent sugar plantations that dominated Caribbean economies for 300 years . Gibson tells [the story] in fluid, colorful prose peppered with telling anecdotes."--Foreign Affairs "A marvelously rich and inclusive panorama of five centuries of Caribbean history . A work that brings fresh energy, assurance and insight to an area that is not often the focus of historians.

Gibson's study is sure to gratify academics, history buffs, and anyone intrigued by the Caribbean's colorful, volatile, and multifaceted societies."--Library Journal.