Louis G Mendoza: 2 books
Conversations Across Our America
Talking About Immigration and the Latinoization of the United States
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
In the summer of 2007, Louis G. Mendoza set off on a bicycle trip across the United States with the intention of conducting a series of interviews along the way. Wanting to move beyond the media’s limited portrayal of immigration as a conflict between newcomers and “citizens,” he began speaking...
A Journey Around Our America
A Memoir on Cycling, Immigration, and the Latinoization of the U.S.
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2012
Immigration and the growing Latino population of the United States have become such contentious issues that it can be hard to have a civil conversation about how Latinoization is changing the face of America. So in the summer of 2007, Louis Mendoza set out to do just that. Starting from Santa Cruz,...