Bardacke Frank - Trampling Out The Vintage Cesar Chavez And The Two Souls Of The United Farm Workers - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: The first - ever comprehensive history of the rise and fall of the United Farm Workers and its infamous leader Cesar Chavez "one of the most attractive and charismatic figures U. S. politics has produced (The Guardian). In its heyday the United Farm Workers was an embodiment of its slogan Yes we can in the forms Se Puede! winning many labor victories securing collective bargaining rights for farm workers and becoming a major voice for the Latino community. Today it is a mere shadow of its former self. Trampling Out the Vintage is the authoritative and award - winning account of the rise and fall of the United Farm Workers and its most famous and controversial leader Cesar Chavez. Based interviews conducted over many years with farm workers organizers and the opponents and friends of the UFW the book tells a story of collective action and empowerment rich in evocative detail and stirring human interest. Beginning with the influence of the ideas of Saul Alinsky and Catholic Social Action at the union's founding through the UFW's thrilling triumphs in the California fields the drama concludes with the debilitating internal struggles that effectively crippled the union. A vivid rendering of farm work and the world of the farm worker Trampling Out the Vintage is a dramatic reappraisal of the political trajectory of Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers and an essential re - evaluation of their most tumultuous years.
Title: Trampling Out The Vintage Cesar Chavez And The Two Souls Of The United Farm Workers
Author(s): Bardacke Frank
Publisher: Verso Books
Barcode: 9781781680667
Pages: 848 Pages
Publication Date: 10/9/2012
Category: Trade Unions