Unwanted Mexican Americans in the Great Depression: Repatriation Pressures, 1929-1939

"In this excellently researched monograph, Hoffman focuses on Los Angeles to picture graphically the repatriation movement of 500,000 Mexicans and Mexican-Americans during the depression decade of 1929-1939."—The Journal of American History"A welcome addition to the growing number of monographs on Chicano history."—Pacific Historical Review"Valuable because it investigates and analyzes in excellent historical fashion a part of Mexican American history that has been generally misunderstood."—Southern California Quarterly