Author:
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1070
Book Description
West's California Reporter
Author:
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1070
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1070
Book Description
The Union of Their Dreams
Author: Miriam Pawel
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1608190994
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
Named one of the Best Books of 2009 by the San Francisco Chronicle A Los Angeles Times Notable Book
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1608190994
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
Named one of the Best Books of 2009 by the San Francisco Chronicle A Los Angeles Times Notable Book
Family Housing for Migrant Agricultural Workers
Author: United States. Agricultural Research Service
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Category : Agricultural laborers
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Category : Agricultural laborers
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Hired Farm Workers
Author: United States. Employment Standards Administration
Publisher:
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Category : Agricultural wages
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Agricultural wages
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
Guide to Women's Resources
Author: Sarah Weddington
Publisher:
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Category : Feminism
Languages : en
Pages : 52
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Category : Feminism
Languages : en
Pages : 52
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Long Road to Delano
Author: Sam Kushner
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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Conquering Goliath
Author: Fred Ross
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Fred Ross, a living legend among those who work to empower the underdog and effect social change by means of grass-roots activism, tells the story of Cesar Chavez's first organizing effort. Fred Ross, a living legend among those who work to empower the underdog and effect social change by means of grass-roots activism, tells the story of Cesar Chavez's first organizing effort. This is a fast-moving chronicle of a little-known battle pitting Chavez and a handful of farm workers against two hundred growers and powerful govrenment agencies in 1958, which led, four years later, to the launching of the United Farm Workers of America. Conquering Goliath illustrates Chavez's skill in calling attention to the plight of farm workers and in drawing people together in order to end discrimination and economic exploitation. In an against-all-odds triumph, he worked within the system, cultivating honest governement officials, documenting abuses, conducting citizenship classes, registering voters, and ultimately, restoring human dignity by defeating a grossly unjust practice.
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Fred Ross, a living legend among those who work to empower the underdog and effect social change by means of grass-roots activism, tells the story of Cesar Chavez's first organizing effort. Fred Ross, a living legend among those who work to empower the underdog and effect social change by means of grass-roots activism, tells the story of Cesar Chavez's first organizing effort. This is a fast-moving chronicle of a little-known battle pitting Chavez and a handful of farm workers against two hundred growers and powerful govrenment agencies in 1958, which led, four years later, to the launching of the United Farm Workers of America. Conquering Goliath illustrates Chavez's skill in calling attention to the plight of farm workers and in drawing people together in order to end discrimination and economic exploitation. In an against-all-odds triumph, he worked within the system, cultivating honest governement officials, documenting abuses, conducting citizenship classes, registering voters, and ultimately, restoring human dignity by defeating a grossly unjust practice.
A Window on Soweto
Author: Joyce Sikakane
Publisher: Nicholson
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
This title comes from the Political Extremism and Radicalism digital archive series which provides access to primary sources for academic research and teaching purposes. Please be aware that users may find some of the content within this resource to be offensive.
Publisher: Nicholson
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
This title comes from the Political Extremism and Radicalism digital archive series which provides access to primary sources for academic research and teaching purposes. Please be aware that users may find some of the content within this resource to be offensive.
From the Jaws of Victory
Author: Matt García
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520283856
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
From the Jaws of Victory:The Triumph and Tragedy of Cesar Chavez and the Farm Worker Movement is the most comprehensive history ever written on the meteoric rise and precipitous decline of the United Farm Workers, the most successful farm labor union in United States history. Based on little-known sources and one-of-a-kind oral histories with many veterans of the farm worker movement, this book revises much of what we know about the UFW. Matt Garcia’s gripping account of the expansion of the union’s grape boycott reveals how the boycott, which UFW leader Cesar Chavez initially resisted, became the defining feature of the movement and drove the growers to sign labor contracts in 1970. Garcia vividly relates how, as the union expanded and the boycott spread across the United States, Canada, and Europe, Chavez found it more difficult to organize workers and fend off rival unions. Ultimately, the union was a victim of its own success and Chavez’s growing instability. From the Jaws of Victory delves deeply into Chavez’s attitudes and beliefs, and how they changed over time. Garcia also presents in-depth studies of other leaders in the UFW, including Gilbert Padilla, Marshall Ganz, Dolores Huerta, and Jerry Cohen. He introduces figures such as the co-coordinator of the boycott, Jerry Brown; the undisputed leader of the international boycott, Elaine Elinson; and Harry Kubo, the Japanese American farmer who led a successful campaign against the UFW in the mid-1970s.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520283856
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
From the Jaws of Victory:The Triumph and Tragedy of Cesar Chavez and the Farm Worker Movement is the most comprehensive history ever written on the meteoric rise and precipitous decline of the United Farm Workers, the most successful farm labor union in United States history. Based on little-known sources and one-of-a-kind oral histories with many veterans of the farm worker movement, this book revises much of what we know about the UFW. Matt Garcia’s gripping account of the expansion of the union’s grape boycott reveals how the boycott, which UFW leader Cesar Chavez initially resisted, became the defining feature of the movement and drove the growers to sign labor contracts in 1970. Garcia vividly relates how, as the union expanded and the boycott spread across the United States, Canada, and Europe, Chavez found it more difficult to organize workers and fend off rival unions. Ultimately, the union was a victim of its own success and Chavez’s growing instability. From the Jaws of Victory delves deeply into Chavez’s attitudes and beliefs, and how they changed over time. Garcia also presents in-depth studies of other leaders in the UFW, including Gilbert Padilla, Marshall Ganz, Dolores Huerta, and Jerry Cohen. He introduces figures such as the co-coordinator of the boycott, Jerry Brown; the undisputed leader of the international boycott, Elaine Elinson; and Harry Kubo, the Japanese American farmer who led a successful campaign against the UFW in the mid-1970s.
Seven Long Times
Author: Piri Thomas
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Wounded and arrested while committing an armed robbery, Thomas begins his long seven years of incarceration first in the prison ward at Bellevue and then in Sing Sing and Great Meadows (Comstock). Thomas' great heart and tough street philosophy face off lyrically with the brutality of guards, the sterility of steel and cement, the perversity fostered on both sides of the bars by incarceration. Seven Long Times is the critically-acclaimed sequel to Thomas' classic of urban and prison literature, Down These Mean Streets.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Wounded and arrested while committing an armed robbery, Thomas begins his long seven years of incarceration first in the prison ward at Bellevue and then in Sing Sing and Great Meadows (Comstock). Thomas' great heart and tough street philosophy face off lyrically with the brutality of guards, the sterility of steel and cement, the perversity fostered on both sides of the bars by incarceration. Seven Long Times is the critically-acclaimed sequel to Thomas' classic of urban and prison literature, Down These Mean Streets.