Espejos y Ventanas / Mirrors and Windows: Oral Histories of Mexican Farmworkers and Their Families [Spanish]

By Mark Lyons

Book Overview

Espejos y ventanas details the individual stories of the Mexican community of Kennett Square, a community of three generations who have migrated to work in the world's largest mushroom industry, and details their personal and political aspirations. Published with both Spanish and English versions, these oral histories provide a window into the lives of retirees who came north twenty-five years ago; of mothers and children who stayed in Mexico and finally made it over; of teenagers building a house for their family in Mexico; of children graduating from college, their feet planted in two worlds. In doing so, it provides a window into the general struggles of immigrant populations for social, political, and economic rights.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN: 0971299668
• ISBN13: 9780971299665
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: New City Community Press
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.4" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

The stories of Mexican immigrants in their own words

This book should be required reading for anyone interested in the immigration debate that is raging in our country today. Espejos y Ventanas gives Mexican immigrants the chance to tell their stories of struggle in their own words. The Spanish is not too difficult to follow, so it's also a good read for those who are learning the language or want to brush up on it.