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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Garza, Melita M. (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: 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.
United States > Emigration and immigration.
Emigration and immigration > Press coverage.
Depressions > 1929 > United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 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.