Coverage includes:
-- The Roots of a People: The multicultural background of Hispanic America and the blending of races and cultures
-- Spain in the Americas: Columbus's arrival in the Caribbean and voyages to America; the fall of the Aztec Empire; Florida and the Spanish Caribbean
-- Independence for the New World: The Spanish and the American Revolution; Independence from New Spain; Mexican Independence
-- Manifest Destiny and Hispanic America: The Texas independence movement; the Mexican-American War; the California gold rush and Chilean mining communities
-- A Time of Transition: Hispanic Americans and the U.S. Civil War; the Basques in America; the Spanish American War
-- The Age of World Wars: The Early 20th Century: Revolution in Mexico; World War I and World War II; Puerto Rican Americans in the 1920s and 1930s; the Great Depression; the Zoot Suit Riots
-- La Raza Unida: The Bracero Program; Operation Wetback; the question of Puerto Rican statehood; the Cuban Revolution
-- A Changing Community: The Late 20th Century
-- Hispanic America Today: Mexican Americans; Cuban refugees in the 1990s; Central Americans and Dominicans; Hispanic religion, artists, writers, musicians, actors, and athletes.