Watt, Alan J., 1956-

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.


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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.


California--Church history--20th century.
Texas--Church history--20th century.


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