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This book is an intensive look at farm workers, documenting work life, living conditions, culture and migration through over 300 hptographs and many narratives of workers themselves, in both English and Spanish. The conditions of farm workers have deteriorated greatly since the 1970s and 80s. At the same time, over half of the farm workers of today come from towns in Mexico where people speak indigenous languages like Mixteco and Triqui. In the Fields...
142) Cesar Chavez
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English
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A biography of the union activist who led the struggle of migrant farm workers for better working conditions.
145) Madonna z Lasu
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Polish
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This novel is about a teenage girl, Ann Holmes, who claims to see the Virgin Mary. A sixteen-year-old runaway, Ann is an itinerant mushroom picker who lives in a tent. But on a November afternoon, in the foggy woods of North Fork, Washington, the Virgin comes to her, clear as day. Father Collins--a young priest new to North Fork--finds Ann disturbingly alluring. But it is up to him to evaluate--impartially--the veracity of Ann's sightings: Are they...
148) Cesar Chavez
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English
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Describes the life of the famous fighter for migrants rights in the United States.
156) Cesar Chavez
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English
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Traces the life and accomplishments of Mexican American labor leader Cesar Chavez, who founded the United Farm Workers union to promote better wages and working conditions for migrants and other farm workers.
159) Cajas de cartón
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Español
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Explores a migrant family's experiences moving through labor camps, facing poverty and impermanence, and discusses how they endure through faith, hope, and back-breaking work.
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