In Defense of La Raza The Los Angeles Mexican Consulate and the Mexican Community, 1929 to 1936
Mexican communities in the United States faced more than unemployment during the Great Depression. Discrimination against Mexican nationals and similar prejudices against Mexican Americans led the communities to seek help from Mexican consulates, which in most cases rose to their defense. Los Angele...
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University of Arizona Press
1982
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