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Undocumented lives : the untold story of Mexican migration
- Title
- Undocumented lives : the untold story of Mexican migration / Ana Raquel Minian.
- Author
- Minian, Ana Raquel, 1983-
- Publication
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018.
- ©2018
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- Description
- 328 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
- Summary
- 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 wanted and sent money back to communities that depended on their support. But as U.S. authorities pursued more aggressive anti-immigrant measures, migrants found themselves caught between the economic interests of competing governments. The fruits of their labor were needed in both places, and yet neither country made them feel welcome. Ana Raquel Minian explores this unique chapter in the history of Mexican migration. Undocumented Lives draws on private letters, songs, and oral testimony to recreate the experience of circular migration, which reshaped communities in the United States and Mexico. While migrants could earn for themselves and their families in the U.S., they needed to return to Mexico to reconnect with their homes periodically. Despite crossing the border many times, they managed to belong to communities on both sides of it. Ironically, the U.S. immigration crackdown of the mid-1980s disrupted these flows, forcing many migrants to remain north of the border permanently for fear of not being able to return to work. For them, the United States became known as the jaula de oro--the cage of gold. Undocumented Lives tells the story of Mexicans who have been used and abused by the broader economic and political policies of Mexico and the United States.--
- Alternative Title
- Untold story of Mexican migration
- Subject
- Since 1918
- Mexican Americans > Ethnic identity
- Foreign workers, Mexican > United States > History
- Economic history
- Emigration and immigration > Economic aspects
- Emigration and immigration > Government policy
- Foreign workers, Mexican
- Social conditions
- 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
- Mexico
- United States
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 18-3533
- ISBN
- 9780674737037
- 0674737032
- LCCN
- 2017039421
- OCLC
- 1002826245
- Author
- Minian, Ana Raquel, 1983- author.
- Title
- Undocumented lives : the untold story of Mexican migration / Ana Raquel Minian.
- Publisher
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018.
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- Since 1918
- Research Call Number
- JFE 18-3533