ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses how Spanish-language newspapers have played an important role in conserving, promoting and defending Hispanic communities in the United States since the nineteenth century. These periodicals have supplied Hispanic communities with alternative information not typically covered by English-language purveyors. Immigrants from Cuba, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Spain during the twentieth century fueled the growth of periodicals in the southwest, midwest, New York and Tampa. Students will learn how, despite having their existence challenged by a dominant Anglo-Saxon culture, Hispanic-aimed periodicals have excelled in supporting the cultural, economic, political, and commercial interests of the communities in which they serve.
