Hispanics : an introduction to terms and historical backgrounds -- From Tenochtitlán to the far north : expeditions, 1520s-1780s -- The west under Mexico, 1780s to 1848 -- New conquerors, 1848-1880 -- Proletarianization, resistance, and americanization : 1880-1930 -- The great depression, Mexican Americanism, World War II, the GI generation, and growing discontent, 1930-1965 -- The era of the Chicano/a Movement, 1965-1980 -- Spanish speakers of the U.S. West, 1980-2004 : promises fulfilled and delayed.