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Farm Workers and the Churches
Alan J. Watt
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In the mid-1960s, the Cesar Chavez led members of California's La Causa movement in boycotting the grape harvest, and melon pickers in South Texas called a strike against contesting unfair labor and wage practices in both states. This title shows how the religious and social contexts of the farm workers helped or hindered these 2 pivotal actions. Series: Fronteras Series. Num Pages: 264 pages, 20 b&w photos, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; HRAM; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
In the mid-1960s, the charismatic César Chávez led members of California's La Causa movement in boycotting the grape harvest, and melon pickers in South Texas called a strike against growers, contesting unfair labor and wage practices in both states.
In Farm Workers and the Churches, Alan J. Watt shows how the religious and social contexts of the farm workers, their leaders, and the larger society helped or hindered these two pivotal actions.
Watt explores the ways in which liberal expressions of Northern Protestantism, transplanted to California and combined with the pro-labor wing of the Catholic Church and the heritage of Mexican popular ... Read more
In the mid-1960s, the charismatic César Chávez led members of California's La Causa movement in boycotting the grape harvest, and melon pickers in South Texas called a strike against growers, contesting unfair labor and wage practices in both states.
In Farm Workers and the Churches, Alan J. Watt shows how the religious and social contexts of the farm workers, their leaders, and the larger society helped or hindered these two pivotal actions.
Watt explores the ways in which liberal expressions of Northern Protestantism, transplanted to California and combined with the pro-labor wing of the Catholic Church and the heritage of Mexican popular ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Texas A & M University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Series
Fronteras Series
Number of Pages
264
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
College Station, United States
ISBN
9781603441742
SKU
V9781603441742
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About Alan J. Watt
ALAN J. WATT, a pastor for twenty-six years, has served as a minister in the Southwestern Texas Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America since 2002. He holds a PhD from Vanderbilt University and his previous publications have focused on religion and social movements. He resides in New Braunfels, Texas.
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