Unit 12
Migrant Struggle
The Bounty of the Land in Twentieth-Century American Literature, 1929-1995
Authors and Works 481
Overview Questions 481
Learning Objectives 482
Overview 483
Video Overview 483
Discussion Questions for the Video 485
Timeline 486
Author/Text Review 488
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) 488
Web Archive 488
Questions 489
Upton Sinclair (1878-1968) 489
Web Archive 490
Questions 490
Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962) 490
Questions 491
Web Archive 491
John Steinbeck (1902-1968) 492
Questions 492
Web Archive 492
Muriel Rukeyser (1913-1980) 493
Questions 494
Web Archive 494
Carlos Bulosan (1913-1956) 494
Questions 495
Web Archive 495
Tomas Rivera (1935-1984) 496
Questions 496
Web Archive 497
Rudolfo Anaya (b. 1937) 497
Questions 498
Web Archive 498
Alberto Rios (b. 1952) 498
Questions 499
Web Archive 499
Helena Maria Viramontes (b. 1954) 499
Questions 500
Web Archive 500
Core Contexts 501
The Great Depression and the Dust Bowl 501
Questions 502
Web Archive 503
Documentary Photography and Film 503
Questions 504
Web Archive 505
Unionism and the Farm Workers Movement 506
Questions 507
Web Archive 507
Extended Contexts 508
Socialism and Communism 508
Web Archive 509
Questions 510
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) 510
Web Archive 511
Questions 511
Assignments 512
Personal and Creative Responses 512
Problem-Based Learning Projects 512
Glossary 513
Selected Bibliography 515
Further Resources 516