Encyclopedia of Cesar Chavez: The Farm Workers' Fight for Rights and Justice Contributor(s): Bruns, Roger (Author) |
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ISBN: 1440803803 ISBN-13: 9781440803802 Publisher: Greenwood OUR PRICE: $106.92 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Civil Rights - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Hispanic American Studies |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 2012036347 |
Series: Movements of the American Mosaic |
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.9" W x 10" (2.10 lbs) 392 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Two decades after Cesar Chavez's death, this timely book chronicles the drive for a union of one of American society's most exploited groups--farm workers. Encyclopedia of Cesar Chavez is a valuable one-volume source based on the most recent research and available documentation. Historian Roger Bruns documents how Chavez and his United Farm Workers (UFW), against formidable odds, organized farm laborers into a force that for the first time successfully took on the might of California's agribusiness interests to achieve greater wages and better working conditions. Set against the backdrop of the 1960s, a time of assassinations, war protests, civil rights battles, and reform efforts for poor and minority citizens, the approximately 100 entries in this encyclopedia provide a glimpse into the events, organizations, men and women, and recurring themes that impacted the life of Cesar Chavez. It also contains a section of primary documentation--useful not only to enhance the understanding of this social and political movement, but also as source material for students. |