Farm workers and the churches the movement in California and Texas / [electronic resource] :
Alan J. Watt.
- 1st ed.
- College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2010.
- ix, 252 p. : ill.
- Fronteras series ; no. 8 .
- Fronteras series ; no. 8. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-242) and index.
California -- The church, home missions, and farm labor in California, 1920-40 -- From service to advocacy, 1940-64 -- Religion and La Causa in California, 1962-70 -- Texas -- Churches, Mexicans, and farm labor in Texas, 1930-60 -- The church and the farm worker movement in south Texas, 1966-69.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993.
National Farm Workers Association--History. United Farm Workers Organizing Committee--History. United Farm Workers--History.
Church work with migrant labor--History--California--20th century. Church work with migrant labor--History--Texas--20th century. Solidarity--Religious aspects--Christianity. Church and social problems--History--California--20th century. Church and social problems--History--Texas--20th century. Mexican American migrant agricultural laborers--History--California--20th century. Mexican American migrant agricultural laborers--History--Texas--20th century.