Mexican Emigration to the United States, 1897-1931

• Main Author: Cardoso, Lawrence A. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: University of Arizona Press 1980
• Subjects: Humanities; History of the Americas; Migration, immigration & emigration; History; Latin American Studies; Sociology
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Rapid change in the land and labor system in rural Mexico during the 1890s destroyed the ancestral homes of the peasantry, forcing them either onto privately owned haciendas or into the migratory labor stream. The anarchy, inflation, and fear for personal safety that resulted from the Mexican Revolu...