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The crusades of Cesar Chavez : a biography / Miriam Pawel.

By: Pawel, Miriam, 1958- [author.].
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Bloomsbury Press, 2014Edition: First U.S. edition.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages [479]-534) and index.Description: 548 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781608197101 (hardcover) :; 1608197107 (hardcover).Subject(s): Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993 | United Farm Workers -- History | Human rights workers -- Biography | Labor leaders -- United States -- Biography | Agricultural laborers -- Labor unions -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Mexican Americans -- BiographyDDC classification: 331.88/13/092 | B
Contents:
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 -- 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 -- 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 -- June 1975-November 1978. Election in the fields ; The Crosby era ; The cultural revolution ; Slough off the old ; Mecca ; Trapped ; The end game -- November 1978-April 1993. From dream to nightmare ; Una sola union ; Playing defense ; Chicano power ; Selling the brand ; The last fast ; Three funerals.
Summary: Pawel draws on thousands of documents and interviews to examine the myths and achievements marking the life of the iconic Latino labor leader and civil rights activist, portraying him as a flawed but brilliant strategist who was often at odds with himself.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [479]-534) and index.

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 -- 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 -- 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 -- June 1975-November 1978. Election in the fields ; The Crosby era ; The cultural revolution ; Slough off the old ; Mecca ; Trapped ; The end game -- November 1978-April 1993. From dream to nightmare ; Una sola union ; Playing defense ; Chicano power ; Selling the brand ; The last fast ; Three funerals.

Pawel draws on thousands of documents and interviews to examine the myths and achievements marking the life of the iconic Latino labor leader and civil rights activist, portraying him as a flawed but brilliant strategist who was often at odds with himself.

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