Undocumented lives : the untold story of Mexican migration /
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In the 1970s the Mexican government acted to alleviate rural unemployment by supporting the migration of able-bodied men. Millions crossed into the United States to find work that would help them survive as well as sustain their families in Mexico. They took low-level positions that few Americans wa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Minian, Ana Raquel, 1983- (Author)
Corporate Author: Ebook Central
Format: Online Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Mexican Americans > Ethnic identity.
Foreign workers, Mexican > United States > History.
Mexico > Emigration and immigration > Economic aspects.
United States > Emigration and immigration > Economic aspects.
Mexico > Economic conditions > 1918-
Mexico > Social conditions > 1970-
United States > Emigration and immigration > Government policy.
Access:Online version
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: From neither here nor there
  • An excess of citizens
  • "A population without a country"
  • The intimate world of migrants
  • Normalizing migration
  • Supporting the hometown from abroad
  • The rights of the people
  • A law to curtail undocumented migration
  • The cage of gold.

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