The Resource They came to toil : newspaper representations of Mexicans and immigrants in the Great Depression, Melita M. Garza
They came to toil : newspaper representations of Mexicans and immigrants in the Great Depression, Melita M. Garza
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- 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 to 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"--Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- xviii, 242 pages
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9781477314067
- Label
- They came to toil : newspaper representations of Mexicans and immigrants in the Great Depression
- Title
- They came to toil
- Title remainder
- newspaper representations of Mexicans and immigrants in the Great Depression
- Statement of responsibility
- Melita M. Garza
- Subject
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- Great Depression, 1929-1939 -- Texas
- Immigrants -- Press coverage -- Texas | San Antonio -- 20th century
- Immigrants -- Press coverage -- Texas | San Antonio -- 20th century
- Mass media and immigrants -- United States
- Mass media and immigrants -- United States
- Depressions -- 1929 -- United States
- Mexicans -- Press coverage -- Texas | San Antonio -- 20th century
- Race relations and the press -- United States
- Race relations and the press -- United States
- United States -- Emigration and immigration
- United States -- Emigration and immigration
- Mexicans -- Press coverage -- Texas | San Antonio -- 20th century
- Depressions -- 1929 -- United States
- Emigration and immigration -- Press coverage
- Emigration and immigration -- Press coverage
- Language
- eng
- 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 to 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"--Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- TxU/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Garza, Melita M.,
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Immigrants
- Mexicans
- Mass media and immigrants
- Race relations and the press
- United States
- Emigration and immigration
- Depressions
- Great Depression, 1929-1939
- Label
- They came to toil : newspaper representations of Mexicans and immigrants in the Great Depression, Melita M. Garza
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-227) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- 972640191
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- xviii, 242 pages
- Isbn
- 9781477314067
- Lccn
- 2017005518
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)972640191
- Label
- They came to toil : newspaper representations of Mexicans and immigrants in the Great Depression, Melita M. Garza
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-227) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- 972640191
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- xviii, 242 pages
- Isbn
- 9781477314067
- Lccn
- 2017005518
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)972640191
Subject
- Great Depression, 1929-1939 -- Texas
- Immigrants -- Press coverage -- Texas | San Antonio -- 20th century
- Immigrants -- Press coverage -- Texas | San Antonio -- 20th century
- Mass media and immigrants -- United States
- Mass media and immigrants -- United States
- Depressions -- 1929 -- United States
- Mexicans -- Press coverage -- Texas | San Antonio -- 20th century
- Race relations and the press -- United States
- Race relations and the press -- United States
- United States -- Emigration and immigration
- United States -- Emigration and immigration
- Mexicans -- Press coverage -- Texas | San Antonio -- 20th century
- Depressions -- 1929 -- United States
- Emigration and immigration -- Press coverage
- Emigration and immigration -- Press coverage
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