Strangers in a Foreign Land: The Organizing of Catholic Latinos in the United States

Publication Type:

Book

Source:

Lexington Books, Lanham, MD, p.xi, 175 p. ; 23 cm. (2007)

ISBN:

978-0-7391-1745-3 (cloth

Call Number:

LC: BX1407.H55; Dewey: 2

Keywords:

Church work with Hispanic Americans.; Hispanic American Catholics -- Religious life.

Notes:

Contents: Aliens no more -- Catholicism and worklife -- U.S. labor history and Catholic participation -- World War I social reconstruction -- U.S. labor 1940s to 2000: Catholic labor schools, business unionism, the UFW, and the plant closures decade -- A swing to the cultural left leaves the Catholic Church on the sidelines -- A need for change. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sponsored By

The Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the U.S. (ACHTUS)

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