Conversations Across Our America: Talking about Immigration and the Latinoization of the United States

by Louis Gerard Mendoza

Book Overview

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 with people from all walks of life about their views on Latino immigration. From the tremendous number of oral histories Mendoza amassed, the resulting collection...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292738838
• ISBN13: 9780292738836
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 311 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.0"