Why David sometimes wins : leadership, organization, and strategy in the California farm worker movement / Marshall Ganz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ganz, Marshall, 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United Farm Workers--History.

United Farm Workers.

Agricultural laborers--Labor unions--California--History.

Agricultural laborers.

Migrant agricultural laborers--Labor unions--California--History.

Migrant agricultural laborers.

Agricultural laborers--California--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 344 p.) : ill., maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this work, Marshall Ganz tells the story of the United Farm Worker's ground-breaking victory in 1966, drawing out larger lessons from this dramatic tale. A longtime leader in the movement and current lecturer in public policy at Harvard, he offers unique insight.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Abbreviations

ONE: Introduction: How David Beat Goliath

TWO: Beginnings: Immigrants, Radicals, and the AFL (1900-1959)

THREE: New Opportunities, New Initiatives: AWOC, Teamsters, and the FWA (1959-1962)

FOUR: A Storm Gathers: Two Responses (1963-1965)

FIVE: The Great Delano Grape Strike (1965-1966)

SIX: Meeting the Counterattack: DiGiorgio, the Teamsters, and UFWOC (1966)

SEVEN: Launching a New Union (1966-1967)

Epilogue

Appendix

Notes

References

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

U

V

W

Y

Z.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-335) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-988301-7

9786612125256

0-19-972187-4

0-19-516201-3

1-282-12525-7

OCLC:

352900583