They Should Stay There: The Story of Mexican Migration and Repatriation During the Great Depression

by Fernando Saaul Alanais Enciso and Fernando Saul Alanis Enciso

Book Overview

Here, for the first time in English--and from the Mexican perspective--is the story of Mexican migration to the United States and the astonishing forced repatriation of hundreds of thousands of people to Mexico during the worldwide economic crisis of the Great Depression. While Mexicans were hopeful for economic reform following the Mexican revolution, by the 1930s, large numbers of Mexican nationals had already moved north and were living in the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469634252
• ISBN13: 9781469634258
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"