عرض عادي
A journey around our America : a memoir on cycling, immigration, and the Latinoization of the U.S. / Louis G. Mendoza.
نوع المادة :
نصالسلاسل:William & Bettye Nowlin series in art, history, and culture of the Western Hemisphereالناشر:Austin : University of Texas Press, [2012]تاريخ حقوق النشر: ©2012الطبعات:1st edوصف:x, 218 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780292742086
- 0292742088
- 9780292743878
- 0292743874
- Hispanic Americans -- Social life and customs
- Immigrants -- United States -- Social life and customs
- United States -- Civilization -- Hispanic influences
- Social change -- United States
- Mendoza, Louis Gerard, 1960- -- Travel -- United States
- Cycling -- United States
- United States -- Description and travel
- United States -- Social life and customs -- 1971-
- United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
- Latin America -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
- E184.S75 M454 2012
المحتويات:
ملخص:Mendoza presents his own aspirations for and critique of social relations, political ruminations, personal experiences, and emotional vulnerability alongside the stories of people from all walks of life, including students, activists, manual laborers, and intellectuals. His conversations and his experiences as a Latino on the road reveal the multilayered complexity of Latino life today as no academic study or newspaper report ever could.
Preparation -- The start of a journey : ready, set, go! -- Redeparture : from the heartland to the New South -- Redefining the borderlands : uncharted waters in familiar territory -- Epilogue.
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UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | E184.S75 M454 2012 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 30010011134571 | ||
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كتاب
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UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | E184.S75 M454 2012 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.2 | المتاح | 30010011134572 |
Preparation -- The start of a journey : ready, set, go! -- Redeparture : from the heartland to the New South -- Redefining the borderlands : uncharted waters in familiar territory -- Epilogue.
Includes bibliographical references.
Mendoza presents his own aspirations for and critique of social relations, political ruminations, personal experiences, and emotional vulnerability alongside the stories of people from all walks of life, including students, activists, manual laborers, and intellectuals. His conversations and his experiences as a Latino on the road reveal the multilayered complexity of Latino life today as no academic study or newspaper report ever could.
