The Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers Movement by Susan Ferr

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ISBN
9780156005982
Book Title
Fight in the Fields : Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers Movement
Publisher
HarperCollins
Item Length
9 in
Publication Year
1998
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
0.8 in
Author
Susan Ferriss
Genre
Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics, History
Topic
United States / State & Local / General, Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies, United States / 20th Century, Military / United States, Social Activists, Agriculture & Food (See Also Political Science / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy), Labor
Item Weight
21.5 Oz
Item Width
7 in
Number of Pages
352 Pages
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Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0156005980
ISBN-13
9780156005982
eBay Product ID (ePID)
531341

Product Key Features

Book Title
Fight in the Fields : Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers Movement
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Topic
United States / State & Local / General, Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies, United States / 20th Century, Military / United States, Social Activists, Agriculture & Food (See Also Political Science / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy), Labor
Publication Year
1998
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics, History
Author
Susan Ferriss
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
21.5 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
7 in

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When the Chavez family lost its farm in Arizona in 1938 during the Depression, they moved to California and became migrant workers. Cesar was outraged by the exploitation, racism, and brutality that migrant farmworkers were forced to endure. His strong religious convictions, a dedication to nonviolent change, and a skill at organizing led to the establishment of the United Farmworkers (UFW) union. "La Causa," as it was called by supporters, became an important movement for self-determination in the lives of California's Mexican American and Filipino farmworkers. The successful nationwide grape and lettuce boycotts and public support exposed the injustices of California agribusiness and resulted in the first collective bargaining agreements and union hiring halls for migrant workers. Authored by two journalists who covered Chavez and the farmworkers, this companion volume to a PBS documentary traces Chavez's life and the events and people that helped shape it. Recommended for labor and agriculture collections.'Irwin Weintraub, Rutgers Univ. Lib., New Brunswick,, Cesar Chavez, the founder of the United Farm Workers union, was a man of principles and piety, dedicated, as Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr., were, to strategies of nonviolent protest. Still controversial, Chavez is, nonetheless, beginning to fade from our collective consciousness. To preserve his story, two filmmakers, Rick Tejada-Flores and Ray Telles, created a PBS documentary titled The Fight in the Fields, and journalists Ferriss and Sandoval wrote and compiled this powerful, photo-filled biography. They trace Chavez's path from a happy childhood on his family's Arizona farm to the fields of California, where the Chavez family landed after being forced from home during the Depression and the great drought. Chavez never got over his shock at the brutality of farmworkers' lives and the blatant racism they endured. He founded the United Farm Workers union in 1962 to fight for basic human rights, devoting himself to union work at night after picking cotton all day with his wife to support their eight children. All that Chavez accomplished by organizing strikes, protests, and the now legendary grape boycott, was heroic in nature and profound in effect.
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Dewey Decimal
331.8813092
Synopsis
A "vivid, well-documented account of the farmworkers movement"(Philadelphia Inquirer) and its prime mover, Cesar Chavez. Edited by Diana Hembree with a foreword by Gary Soto and essays by Carey McWilliams, Victor Villase or, Alfredo V a, Jr., Peter Matthiessen, Rudolfo Anaya, and others. Black-and-white photographs throughout., A "vivid, well-documented account of the farmworkers movement"(Philadelphia Inquirer) and its prime mover, Cesar Chavez. Edited by Diana Hembree with a foreword by Gary Soto and essays by Carey McWilliams, Victor Villaseñor, Alfredo Véa, Jr., Peter Matthiessen, Rudolfo Anaya, and others. Black-and-white photographs throughout.
LC Classification Number
HD6509.C68 F47 1997

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