Banished citizens a history of the Mexican American women who endured repatriation

"From 1920 through the mid-1940s, the US and Mexican governments colluded in the banishment of a million Mexican Americans, mostly US citizen women and children. Marla Ramirez explores the effects of "repatriation" on the exiles and their descendants, showing how forced removal permanently deprived...

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Main Author: Ramirez, Marla Andrea (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2025.
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Summary:"From 1920 through the mid-1940s, the US and Mexican governments colluded in the banishment of a million Mexican Americans, mostly US citizen women and children. Marla Ramirez explores the effects of "repatriation" on the exiles and their descendants, showing how forced removal permanently deprived them of legal rights and family property."-- Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:pages ; cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780674295940
0674295943
Author Notes:Marla A. Ramírez is Associate Professor of History and Chicanx/e and Latinx/e Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.