Download or read book In Defense of la Raza, the Los Angeles Mexican Consulate, and the Mexican Community, 1929 to 1936 written by Francisco E. Balderrama and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the involvement of the Mexican consular office in assisting the Mexican and Chicano community in Southern California during the first years of the Great Depression, focusing on the consulate's work with Mexican American leaders to confront the problems of repatriation, school segregation, church-state conflict, and farm labor organizing.