Mexican Workers and American Dreams: Immigration, Repatriation, and California Farm Labor, 1900-1939 (Class And Culture)

Synopsis

In the first forty years of this century, over one million Mexican immigrants moved to the United States, attracted by the prospect of farm work in California. They became workers in industrial agriculture --barely recognized, never respected, and poorly paid. Native white American workers did not resent the Mexicans during prosperous times, when everyone who wanted to work could do so. But during the Great Depression, native workers began to realize that many of the Mexican workers were here to stay.

Native workers, blaming their unemployment on the immigrants, joined with government officials to demand that Mexican workers and their families return to Mexico. During the 1930s, the federal government and county relief agencies cooperated in a nasty repatriation program, forcing half a million Mexicans living in the U.S. to return to Mexico.

Camille Guerin-Gonzales tells the story of their migration, their years here, and of the repatriation program--one of the largest mass removal operations ever sanctioned by the U.S. government. She documents both their efforts to resist and the overpowering forces that worked against them.

Copyright:

1994

Book Details

Book Quality:

Excellent

Book Size:

219 Pages

ISBN-13:

9780813520483

Publisher:

Rutgers University Press

Date of Addition:

09/25/20

Copyrighted By:

Camille Guerin-Gonzales

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Social Studies, Sociology

Submitted By:

Worth Trust

Proofread By:

Worth Trust

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.