Californians and Others: Children's Health, Nutrition, and Welfare in Depression-Era Migrant Camps

IF 0.2 3区 社会学 0 HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY Journal of American Studies Pub Date : 2022-12-08 DOI:10.1017/S0021875822000287
Jack Hodgson
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This state-level study emphasizes the influence of local administration on welfare provision, even amidst a huge national New Deal effort. It interrogates John Steinbeck's allegation in “Starvation under the Orange Trees” that migrant children died avoidable deaths in Depression-era California because of discriminatory policies and apathetic officials. Steinbeck's reportage was a political vehicle for his own ends rather than accurate social history. But with hospital care being reserved for local residents and racialized inferior food rations provided to Mexican American children, California's Depression-era welfare system favoured white Californian children over those it categorized as “others,” with potentially deadly consequences.
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加利福尼亚人和其他:大萧条时期移民营地儿童的健康、营养和福利
这项州级研究强调了地方政府对福利提供的影响,即使在巨大的国家新政努力中也是如此。它质疑约翰·斯坦贝克在《橘子树下的饥饿》中的说法,即在大萧条时期的加利福尼亚,移民儿童因歧视性政策和冷漠的官员而死亡,这些死亡是可以避免的。斯坦贝克的报告文学是他实现个人目标的政治工具,而不是准确的社会历史。但是,由于医院只为当地居民提供医疗服务,并为墨西哥裔美国儿童提供种族化的劣质食品配给,加州大萧条时期的福利制度更青睐加州白人儿童,而不是那些被归类为“其他”的儿童,这可能带来致命的后果。
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期刊介绍: Journal of American Studies seeks to critique and interrogate the notion of "America", pursuing this through international perspectives on the history, literature, politics and culture of the United States. The Journal publishes original peer-reviewed research and analysis by established and emerging scholars throughout the world, considering US history, politics, literature, institutions, economics, film, popular culture, geography, sociology and related subjects in domestic, continental, hemispheric, and global contexts. Its expanded book review section offers in-depth analysis of recent American Studies scholarship to promote further discussion and debate.
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