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dc.contributor.authorHoffman, Abraham
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-15T23:46:00Z
dc.date.available2019-05-15T23:46:00Z
dc.date.issued1974
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/632278
dc.descriptionDuring the Great Depression, nearly half a million Mexican Americans were repatriated to Mexico, either voluntarily or by coercion. Historian Abraham Hoffman provides a dramatic case study of the movement in Los Angeles and a survey of the repatriation process throughout the United States.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipAndrew W. Mellon Foundation, as part of the Humanities Open Book Program funded jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.en_US
dc.description.tableofcontentsForeword by Julian Nava -- Author's Note -- 1. The Border Is That Way -- 2. Mexican Movements Into the United States -- 3. Closing America's Back Door -- 4. Focus on Los Angeles -- 5. Reactions and Actions -- 6. Repatriation From Los Angeles -- 7. Repatriation Across the Country -- 8. The Dilemma in Mexico -- 9. Tapering Off -- Appendixes -- A. The Vocabulary of Repatriation -- B. Visel's Publicity Release -- C. Los Angeles County Repatriation Shipments and Costs -- D. Total U.S. Repatriation by Months, 1929-1937 -- References -- Source Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Contents -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- Mexican Families at Arizona Depot -- Raid on Los Angeles Plaza -- Los Angeles Train Departure -- Automobile Caravan, Karnes City, Texas -- MAPS -- Mexican Destinations for Los Angeles Repatriates -- U.S. Departure Points and Mexican Destinations.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Arizona Press (Tucson, AZ)en_US
dc.relation.urlhttps://open.uapress.arizona.eduen_US
dc.rightsCopyright © 1974 by The Arizona Board of Regents. The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.sourceUniversity of Arizona Pressen_US
dc.subjectMexicans—United States—History
dc.subjectMexico—Emigration and immigration
dc.subjectUnited States—Emigration and immigration
dc.titleUnwanted Mexican Americans in the Great Depression: Repatriation Pressures, 1929–1939en_US
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Copyright © 1974 by The Arizona Board of Regents. The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.
Except where otherwise noted, this item's license is described as Copyright © 1974 by The Arizona Board of Regents. The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.