They came to toil newspaper representations of Mexicans and immigrants in the Great Depression

As the Great Depression gripped the United States in the early 1930s, the Hoover administration sought to preserve jobs for Anglo-Americans by targeting Mexicans, including long-time residents and even US citizens, for deportation. Mexicans comprised more than 46 percent of all people deported betwe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Garza, Melita M., autor (autor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press [2018]
Edición:First edition
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. The crisis : they came to toil ... but they could not stay
  • 1929 : to pave a way through hostile and barren lands
  • 1930 : a thousand times better off with Mexican labor
  • 1931 : the tragedy of the repatriated
  • 1932/1933 : a new deal for American pioneers
  • Conclusion and epilogue.