Brown: The Last Discovery of America

Richard Rodriguez

The author concludes his "trilogy of American public life" by contemplating the many cultural associations of the color brown--toil, decay, impurity, and time--as he considers the meaning of Hispanics in American society.

Society & CultureTravel, Exploration & Place Natural History & Animals Oceans, Rivers & Water

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Award	Year	Result	Category / Notes
National Book Critics Circle Award for NonfictionMajor	2002	Finalist	Secondary source

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