From the Jaws of Victory: The Triumph and Tragedy of Cesar

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From the Jaws of Victory: The Triumph and Tragedy of Cesar Chavez and the Farm Worker Movement

From the Jaws of Victory: The Triumph and Tragedy of Cesar Chavez and the Farm Worker Movement is the most comprehensive history ever written on the meteoric rise and precipitous decline of the United Farm Workers, the most successful farm labor union in United States history. Based on little-known sources and one-of-a-kind oral histories with many veterans of the farm worker movement, this book revises much of what we know about the UFW. Matt Garciaâ€™s gripping account of the expansion of the unionâ€™s grape boycott reveals how the boycott, which UFW leader Cesar Chavez initially resisted, became the defining feature of the movement and drove the growers to sign labor contracts in 1970. Garcia vividly relates how, as the union expanded and the boycott spread across the United States, Canada, and Europe, Chavez found it more difficult to organize workers and fend off rival unions. Ultimately, the union was a victim of its own success and Chavezâ€™s growing instability.

From the Jaws of Victory delves deeply into Chavezâ€™s attitudes and beliefs, and how they changed over time. Garcia also presents in-depth studies of other leaders in the UFW, including Gilbert Padilla, Marshall Ganz, Dolores Huerta, and Jerry Cohen. He introduces figures such as the co-coordinator of the boycott, Jerry Brown; the undisputed leader of the international boycott, Elaine Elinson; and Harry Kubo, the Japanese American farmer who led a successful campaign against the UFW in the mid-1970s.
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Country	USA
Author	Matthew Garcia
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	1
EISBN	9780520953666
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	University of California Press
Manufacturer	University of California Press
NumberOfPages	370
PublicationDate	2012-09-28
Publisher	University of California Press
ReleaseDate	2012-09-15
Studio	University of California Press

From the Jaws of Victory: The Triumph and Tragedy of Cesar Chavez and the Farm Worker Movement

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