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

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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Main Author: Garza, Melita M. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2018
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Immigrants > Press coverage > Texas > San Antonio > 20th century.
Mexicans > Press coverage > Texas > San Antonio > 20th century.
Mass media and immigrants > United States.
Race relations and the press > United States.
Emigration and immigration > Press coverage.
Depressions > 1929 > United States.
United States > Emigration and immigration.
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