The transnational life and letters of the Venegas family, 1920s to 1950s
@article{Guzmn2016TheTL, title={The transnational life and letters of the Venegas family, 1920s to 1950s}, author={Romeo Guzm{\'a}n}, journal={The History of the Family}, year={2016}, volume={21}, pages={457 - 482} }
Abstract Married in 1919, Miguel and Dolores migrated from Zapotlanejo, Jalisco to Los Angeles, California in 1927, where they raised 10 children: nine boys and one girl. Like Mexican migrant families throughout the US Southwest they experienced leaving Mexico and making a new home, endured the Great Depression, and in many cases, sent their children off to fight in World War II. Throughout this time period, they corresponded with their relatives in Mexico, providing historians with a rare… Expand
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