Title They came to toil : newspaper representations of Mexicans and immigrants in the Great Depression / Melita M. Garza

Edition First edition Published Austin : University of Texas Press, [2018] ©2018

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 242 pages) : illustrations 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 Summary 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 between 1930 and 1939, despite being only 1 percent of the US population. In all, about half a million people of Mexican descent were deported to Mexico, a "homeland" many of them had never seen, or returned voluntarily in fear of deportation. They Came to Toil investigates how the news reporting of this episode in immigration history created frames for representing Mexicans and immigrants that persist to the present. Melita M. Garza sets the story in San Antonio, a city central to the formation of Mexican American identity, and contrasts how the city's three daily newspapers covered the forced deportations of Mexicans. She shows that the Spanish-language La Prensa not surprisingly provided the fullest and most sympathetic coverage of immigration issues, while the locally owned San Antonio Express and the Hearst chain-owned San Antonio Light varied between supporting Mexican labor and demonizing it. Garza analyzes how these media narratives, particularly in the English-language press, contributed to the racial "othering" of Mexicans and Mexican Americans. Adding an important new chapter to the history of the Long Civil Rights Movement, They Came to Toil brings needed historical context to immigration issues that dominate today's headlines Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject 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. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Journalism. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies Depressions Emigration and immigration Emigration and immigration -- Press coverage Immigrants -- Press coverage Mass media and immigrants Race relations and the press SUBJECT United States -- Emigration and immigration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140040 Subject Texas -- San Antonio United States Form Electronic book ISBN 9781477314074 1477314075 9781477314081 1477314083

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