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Encyclopedia of Cesar Chavez
By Roger Bruns
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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.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
390
Release Date:
2024-02-22
Publication Date:
2024-02-22
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Academic
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN13:
9798765120842
Weight:
732 g
Height:
178 cm
Width:
254 cm
Thickness:
21 cm
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