Encyclopedia of Cesar Chavez: The Farm Workers' Fight for Rights and Justice (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781440803802)

This book is a unique, single-volume treatment offering original source material on the life, accomplishments, disappointments, and lasting legacy of one of American history's most celebrated social reformers-Cesar Chavez.

Two decades after Cesar Chavez's death, this timely book chronicles the drive for a union of one of American society's most exploited groups-farm workers. Encyclopedia of Cesar Chavez is a valuable one-volume source based on the most recent research and available documentation. Historian Roger Bruns documents how Chavez and his United Farm Workers (UFW), against formidable odds, organized farm laborers into a force that for the first time successfully took on the might of California's agribusiness interests to achieve greater wages and better working conditions.

Set against the backdrop of the 1960s, a time of assassinations, war protests, civil rights battles, and reform efforts for poor and minority citizens, the approximately 100 entries in this encyclopedia provide a glimpse into the events, organizations, men and women, and recurring themes that impacted the life of Cesar Chavez. It also contains a section of primary documentation-useful not only to enhance the understanding of this social and political movement, but also as source material for students.

Author: Roger Bruns
ISBN-10: 1440803803
ISBN-13: 9781440803802
Publisher: Greenwood
Language: English
Published: 04/02/2013
Pages: 392
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.10lbs
Size: 10.00h x 6.90w x 1.20d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 08/01/2013 pg. 119
Choice 10/01/2013