Cesar Chavez :

Levy, Jacques E.

Cesar Chavez : autobiography of La Causa / Jacques E. Levy ; with a new postscript by the author ; foreword by Fred Ross Jr. ; afterword by Jacqueline M. Levy. - 1st University of Minnesota Press ed. - Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2007. - xxxi, 556 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., map ; 23 cm.

Originally published in 1975 by W. W. Norton and Company, Inc. Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 548) and index.

Seeds in the desert -- Uprooted and adrift -- Crusaders in the barrios -- The birth of a union -- Victory in the vineyards -- New fields, old enemies -- Target for destruction.

Mexican-American civil rights and labor activist Cesar Chavez (1927-1993) comes to life in this vivid portrait of the charismatic and influential fighter who boycotted supermarkets and took on corporations, the government, and the powerful Teamster's Union. Jacques E. Levy gained unprecedented access to Chavez and the United Farm Workers in writing this account of one of the most successful labor movements in history - which also serves as a guidebook for social and political change.

9780816650491 (pb : alk. paper) 0816650497 (pb : alk. paper)

HD6509.C48 L48 2007

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Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993.


United Farm Workers.


Migrant agricultural laborers--United States--Biography.
Labor leaders--United States--Biography.
Mexican Americans--Biography.

HD6509.C48 / L48 2007

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