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Operation Wetback : the mass deportation of Mexican undocumented workers in 1954 / Juan Ramon García.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks E184.M5 G37
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- García, Juan Ramon.
- Series:
- Contributions in ethnic studies ; 0196-7088 no. 2.
- Contributions in ethnic studies ; no. 2, 0196-7088
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mexicans--United States.
- Mexicans.
- United States--Relations--Mexico.
- United States.
- Mexico--Relations--United States.
- Mexico.
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
- Mexico--Economic conditions--1918-.
- Foreign workers, Mexican--United States.
- Foreign workers, Mexican.
- Economic history.
- Emigration and immigration.
- International relations.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 268 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, ©1980.
- Contents:
- The Bracero Program
- Conflicting immigration policies in the United States and Mexico
- The Border Patrol
- Undocumented persons
- Legislative proposals for curtailing illegal immigration : S.3600 and S.3661
- Planning "Operation Wetback"
- The Buslift and the California-Arizona Operation
- The Texas Operation
- "Operation Wetback" ends.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-262) and index.
- Local Notes:
- The Balch Institute Library and Archives.
- Other Format:
- Online version: García, Juan Ramon. Operation Wetback.
- ISBN:
- 0313213534
- 9780313213533
- OCLC:
- 5990275
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
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