Debunking El Cinco de Mayo. To celebrate Cinco de Mayo, we’re providing excerpts from El Cinco de Mayo: An American Tradition, by David E. Hayes-Bautista, which asks a curious question: Why is the holiday so widely celebrated across El Cinco de Mayo: An American Tradition (English Edition) eBook: David Hayes-Bautista: Amazon.de: Kindle-Shop. The publication of El Cinco de Mayo coincides with the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Puebla, so there is no better time to revisit the holiday s origins. The book boldly challenges those who mistakenly assume that Cinco de Mayo is a Mexican holiday transported to the United States. As the subtitle suggests, Cinco de Mayo was an “American. El Cinco de Mayo does what I once thought impossible: explain the relevance and the importance of commemorating this day. Hayes-Bautista demonstrates that it’s couched in a distinctive American moment, motivated not only by patriotic fervor for Mexico but by national pride in the U.S and the democratic ideals both nations held dear. Though. El Cinco de Mayo: An American Tradition. By David E. Hayes-Bautista. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2012. Pp. 304. Cloth, .00; paper, .95.) The annual Cinco de Mayo (fifth of May) celebration of the Mexican victory over the French at the Battle of Puebla is perhaps the United States’ most misunderstood holiday. Why is Cinco de Mayo—a holiday commemorating a Mexican victory over the French at Puebla in 1862—so widely celebrated in California and across the United States, when it is scarcely observed in Mexico? As David E. Hayes-Bautista explains, the holiday is not Mexican at all, but rather an American one, created by Latinos in California during. El cinco de mayo an american tradition. El Cinco de Mayo: An American Tradition By: Hayes†bautista, David April, 2012 David Hayes†bautista ISBN: Kostenloser Versand für alle Bücher mit Versand und Verkauf duch Amazon. El Cinco de Mayo Hayes-Bautista ISBN: 9780520272132 Kostenloser Versand für alle Bücher mit Versand und Verkauf duch Amazon. El Cinco de Mayo - An American Tradition David Hayes-Bautista ISBN: 9780520272125 Kostenloser Versand für alle Bücher mit Versand und Verkauf duch Amazon.