The crusades of Cesar Chavez : a biography / Miriam Pawel.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author draws on thousands of documents and interviews to examine the myths and achievements marking the life of the iconic 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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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Bloomsbury Press,
2014.
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| Edition: | First U.S. edition. |
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| Physical Description: | 548 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 25 cm |
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Cesar Chavez. |
| Format: | Book |
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 479-485) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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 Seänora 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. | |
| 520 | |a The Pulitzer Prize-winning author draws on thousands of documents and interviews to examine the myths and achievements marking the life of the iconic 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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| 650 | 7 | |a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General. | |
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