A Journey Around Our America: A Memoir on Cycling, Immigration, and the Latinoization of the U.S.

by Louis Gerard Mendoza

Book Overview

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, California, he bicycled 8,500 miles around the entire perimeter of the country, talking to people in large cities and small towns about their experiences...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292743874
• ISBN13: 9780292743878
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"