Decade of betrayal : Mexican repatriation in the 1930s
Balderrama, Francisco E.
Decade of betrayal : Mexican repatriation in the 1930s / Francisco E. Balderrama and Raymond Rodríguez. - Revised ed. - Albuquerque, NM : University of New Mexico Press , c2006. - 427 p. : illus. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-408) and index.
Introduction : saludos -- Immigration : al norte -- The family : la vida -- Deportation : adiós, migra -- Welfare : el condado -- Repatriation : afuera -- Revolutionary Mexico : para los Mexicanos -- Colonization : pan y tierra -- Adjustment : agringados -- Accommodation : al otro lado -- Repatriation in retrospect : qué pasó?
During the Great Depression, a sense of total despair plagued the United States. Americans sought a convenient scapegoat and found it in the Mexican community. Laws forbidding employment of Mexicans were accompanied by the hue and cry to get rid of the Mexicans The hysteria led pandemic repatriation drives and one million Mexicans and their children were illegally shipped to Mexico. Despite their horrific treatment and traumatic experiences, the American born children never gave up hope of returning to the United States. Upon attaining legal age, they badgered their parents to let them return home. Repatriation survivors who came back worked diligently to get their lives back together. Due to their sense of shame, few of them ever told their children about their tragic ordeal.
English.
9780826339737
Mexican Americans---History---20th century
Mexican Americans---Economic conditions
Depressions---1929---United States
Return migration---Mexico
Mexicans---Economic conditions---United States
Mexican Americans---History---20th century
Mexicans---Employment---History---United States---20th century
Mexico---Economic conditions---1918-
E184.M5 / B35 2006
323.1168 BAL
Decade of betrayal : Mexican repatriation in the 1930s / Francisco E. Balderrama and Raymond Rodríguez. - Revised ed. - Albuquerque, NM : University of New Mexico Press , c2006. - 427 p. : illus. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-408) and index.
Introduction : saludos -- Immigration : al norte -- The family : la vida -- Deportation : adiós, migra -- Welfare : el condado -- Repatriation : afuera -- Revolutionary Mexico : para los Mexicanos -- Colonization : pan y tierra -- Adjustment : agringados -- Accommodation : al otro lado -- Repatriation in retrospect : qué pasó?
During the Great Depression, a sense of total despair plagued the United States. Americans sought a convenient scapegoat and found it in the Mexican community. Laws forbidding employment of Mexicans were accompanied by the hue and cry to get rid of the Mexicans The hysteria led pandemic repatriation drives and one million Mexicans and their children were illegally shipped to Mexico. Despite their horrific treatment and traumatic experiences, the American born children never gave up hope of returning to the United States. Upon attaining legal age, they badgered their parents to let them return home. Repatriation survivors who came back worked diligently to get their lives back together. Due to their sense of shame, few of them ever told their children about their tragic ordeal.
English.
9780826339737
Mexican Americans---History---20th century
Mexican Americans---Economic conditions
Depressions---1929---United States
Return migration---Mexico
Mexicans---Economic conditions---United States
Mexican Americans---History---20th century
Mexicans---Employment---History---United States---20th century
Mexico---Economic conditions---1918-
E184.M5 / B35 2006
323.1168 BAL
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