The Union of Their Dreams
Power, Hope, and Struggle in Cesar Chavez's Farm Worker Movement
The Union of Their Dreams
Power, Hope, and Struggle in Cesar Chavez's Farm Worker Movement
Description
A generation of Americans came of age boycotting grapes, swept up in a movement that vanquished California's most powerful industry and accomplished the unthinkable: dignity and contracts for farm workers. Four decades later, Cesar Chavez's likeness graces postage stamps, and dozens of schools and streets have been renamed in his honor. But the real story of Chavez's farm workers' movement-both its historic triumphs and its tragic disintegration-has remained buried beneath the hagiography.
A tour de force of reporting and a spellbinding narrative, The Union of Their Dreams explores an important and untold chapter in the history of labor, civil rights, and immigration in modern America.
Product details
| Published | Oct 20 2009 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 384 |
| ISBN | 9781608191734 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Press |
| Illustrations | B&W Illustrations throughout |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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