The Grapes of Wrath

Why does Steinbeck begin the chapter with the fact that California once belonged to the Mexicans who were pushed off it by Americans hungry for land?

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This stealing of land is a vicious cycle. The same capitalist socio-economic forces that stole land from the Mexicans were at play in displacing families like the Joads.

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