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The crusades of Cesar Chavez : a biography / Miriam Pawel.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pawel, Miriam, 1958- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993.
- Chavez, Cesar.
- United Farm Workers.
- Agricultural laborers--Labor unions.
- History.
- Human rights workers.
- United States.
- United Farm Workers--History.
- Human rights workers--Biography.
- Labor leaders--United States--Biography.
- Labor leaders.
- Agricultural laborers--Labor unions--United States--History--20th century.
- Agricultural laborers.
- Mexican Americans--Biography.
- Mexican Americans.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (548 pages) : illustrations (some color), map
- Edition:
- First U.S. edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Bloomsbury Press, [2014]
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2014]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Part I. March 1927-April 1962. Home ; Sal si puedes ; The priest, the organizer, and the lumber handler ; Cesar finds his calling ; Staying organized ; The first disciples ; David vs. Goliath, round one ; No hay mal que por bien no venga
- Part II. April 1962-July 1970. Viva La Causa ; Chavez in command ; The strike ; Beyond Delano ; The first big test ; Chavez the leader ; The fast ; The celebrity ; The boycott ; Contracts
- Part III. July 1970-June 1975. A very different strike ; Nuestra Señora Reina de la Paz ; Staking a national claim ; Brother against brother ; The perfect villain ; The seeds are sown ; The saint and the sinner ; The end of the nonviolent Viet Cong
- Part IV. June 1975-November 1978. Elections in the fields ; The Crosby era ; The cultural revolution ; Slough off the old ; Mecca ; Trapped ; The end game
- Part V. November 1978-April 1993. From dream to nightmare ; Una sola union ; Playing defense ; Chicano power ; Selling the brand ; The last fast ; Three funerals.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 487-548) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781608197149
- 160819714X
- Publisher Number:
- 99985889570
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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