The golden fortress : california's border war on dust bowl refugees

In February 1936, Los Angeles police officers drove hundreds of miles to California's state borders with one mission: turn back anyone deemed too poor to enter. Myths of the Golden State's abundance enticed thousands of Americans uprooted by the Depression, but those who created those myt...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lascher, Bill
Format: EBOOK
Language:ENGLISH
Published: Chicago Review Press 2022
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