Beyond the fields
Subtitle: Cesar Chavez, the UFW, and the struggle for justice in the 21st century
By: Randy Shaw.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 347
ISBN-13: 9780520251076
Subjects: Chavez, Cesar, -- 1927-1993; United Farm Workers of America; Social action -- United States; Social justice -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Cesar Chavez and the UFW : revival of the consumer boycott; title: The UFW boycott transformed; title: Building the clergy-labor alliance : reviving the fast; title: Yes we can : Miami's janitors struggle for justice; title: The UFW battles pesticides; title: The UFW grassroots political model : legislative advocacy and voter outreach; title: The labor-Latino alliance; title: Building the immigrant rights movement : sí se puede!; title: The immigrant rights movement explodes; title: The decline of the UFW; title: Harvesting justice beyond the fields : the ongoing legacy of UFW alumni; title: Conclusion: fostering social justice in the twenty-first century.