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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
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Garza, Melita M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2018]
Edición:First edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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.