From the Jaws of Victory by Matthew Garcia

From the Jaws of Victory by Matthew Garcia

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 Garcia's gripping account of the expansion of the union'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 Chavez's growing instability. From the Jaws of Victory delves deeply into Chavez'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.

"Essential reading for anyone seriously studying the farm worker movement" -- Fernando Gapasin Working USA 20121201 "Garcia has compiled the most comprehensive history on the United Farm Workers to date, with many new oral histories that will change how we think about the UFW." -- Kristen Yinger Los Angeles Magazine 20120901 "A thorough history of the rise and fall of Cesar Chavez's United Farm Workers labor union... Meticulous and timely." Kirkus Reviews 20120901 "Riveting." -- M. Greenwald Choice 20130601 "Garcia's critique is informed by original research and motivated by his remembrance of a time when farm workers' lives were improving." Journal of American Ethnic History 20140501

Matt Garcia is Professor of Transborder Studies and History at Arizona State University, where he also directs the School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies, and the Program in Comparative Border Studies. He is the author of A World of Its Own: Race, Labor, and Citrus in the Making of Greater Los Angeles, 1900 1970.

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ISBN 13	9780520259300
ISBN 10	0520259300
Titre	From the Jaws of Victory
Auteur	Matthew Garcia
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Éditeur	University of California Press
Année de publication	2012-09-28
Nombre de pages	368
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