La Causa, The Farmworker Movement

3 Hours

Examine the twentieth-century expansion of commercial agriculture and concomitant labor organizing struggles waged by agricultural workers in the United States, including Arkansas, California, Hawai'i, Puerto Rico, and Texas. Explore the role of the United Farm Workers of America. Only one of the following may be counted: History 365G (Topic: La Causa, Farmworker Movmnt), 365G (Topic 23), Mexican American Studies 364L, 374 (Topic: La Causa, Farmworker Movmnt). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.