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Decade of Betrayal: Mexican Repatriation in The 1930s » (1st Edition)

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Authors: Francisco E. Balderrama, Raymond Rodriguez, Raymond Rodra-Guez
ISBN-13: 9780826339737, ISBN-10: 0826339735
Format: Paperback
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Date Published: May 2006
Edition: 1st Edition

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Author Biography: Francisco E. Balderrama

Francisco E. Balderrama is professor of American history and Chicano studies at California State University, Los Angeles.

Raymond Rodriguez is a freelance writer and professor emeritus, Long Beach Community College. He won the Myers Center Award for the study of human rights in North America, 1995.

Book Synopsis

Decade of Betrayal focuses on the experiences of individuals illegally shipped from the U.S. to Mexico in the 1930s and the recent questions of a formal apology and fiscal remuneration.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Saludos1
Immigration: Al Norte5
The Family: La Vida27
Deportation: Adios, Migra49
Welfare: El Condado73
Repatriation: El Regreso97
Revolutionary Mexico: Para Los Mexicanos127
Colonization: Pan y Tierra157
Adjustment: Agringados193
Epilogue: Fin215
Sources and Methodology225
Notes227
Bibliography253
Index275

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