leadership, organization, and strategy in the California farm worker movement /
First Statement of Responsibility
Marshall Ganz.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xvii, 344 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations, maps ;
Dimensions
25 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-335) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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How David beat Goliath -- Beginnings : immigrants, radicals, and the AFL (1900-1959) -- New opportunities, new initiatives : AWOC, Teamsters, and the FWA (1959-1962) -- A storm gathers : two responses (1963-1965) -- The great Delano grape strike (1965-1966) -- Meeting the counterattack : Di Giorgio, the Teamsters, and UFWOC (1966) -- Launching a new union (1966-1967).
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Uses the victory of the National Farm Workers Association over large-scale agricultural enterprises in 1966 as a lens through which to explore the reasons why the powerless sometimes win against the powerful.
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
United Farm Workers-- History.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Agricultural laborers-- California-- History.
Agricultural laborers-- Labor unions-- California-- History.
Migrant agricultural laborers-- Labor unions-- California-- History.