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.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levy, Jacques E.

Contributor:

Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Migrant agricultural laborers--United States--Biography.

Migrant agricultural laborers.

Labor leaders--United States--Biography.

Labor leaders.

Mexican Americans--Biography.

Mexican Americans.

United Farm Workers.

Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993.

Chavez, Cesar.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (603 p.)

Edition:

1st University of Minnesota Press ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Cesar Chavez (1927Đ1993) comes to life in this vivid portrait of the charismatic fighter who boycotted supermarkets and took on corporations, the government, and the powerful Teamsters 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 historyÑwhich also serves as a guidebook for social and political change.

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Prologue: Fred Ross Recalls; Book I: SEEDS IN THE DESERT; Book II: UPROOTED AND ADRIFT 1939-1952; Book III: CRUSADERS IN THE BARRIOS June 1952-March 1962; Book IV: THE BIRTH OF THE UNION April 1, 1962-April 10,1966; Book V: VICTORY IN THE VINEYARDS April 1966-July 29, 1970; Book VI: NEW FIELDS, OLD ENEMIES July 30, 1970-November 1971; Book VII: TARGET FOR DESTRUCTION 1971-May 1975; Postscript: Hay Más Tiempo Que Vida (There Is More Time Than Life); Afterword; Index

Notes:

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

Includes index.

ISBN:

0-8166-5401-8

OCLC:

227339180