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C�sar Ch�vez A Brief Biography with Documents

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ISBN-10: 0312257392

ISBN-13: 9780312257392

Edition: 2002

Authors: Richard W. Etulain

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This brief biography of César Chávez documents the life of one of the most important labor organizers of the last half of the 20th century — a reformer and activist who personified the American struggle for democracy. His story is told through an evocative biographical essay accompanied by several types of documents: Chávez in his own words, Chávez in the words of his contemporaries, Chávez as seen by historians in a group of secondary sources, and finally a visual portfolio of 20 photographs and cartoons. The secondary sources focus on critical questions about the labor unions he helped to found and the impact he made on the Chicano population as well as the rest of the world. All of these…    
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Book details

List price: $16.99
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Bedford/Saint Martin's
Publication date: 3/8/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 138
Size: 5.00" wide x 8.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English

Foreword
Preface
C�sar Ch��vez: Chicano Citizen
The Early Years
Becoming an Organizer
National Labor Leader
C�sar Ch��vez: The Man
C�sar Ch��vez: Chicano Citizen
A Life and Its Times
C�sar Ch��vez, The Organizer's Tale, July 1966
C�sar Ch��vez. The Mexican American and the Church, 1968
Helen Ch��vez, Helen Ch��vez Recalls, 1975
The Reverend James Drake, The Reverend James Drake Recalls, 1975
Dolores Huerta, Dolores Huerta Recalls, 1975
Jacques Levy, From Jacques Levy's Notebook, 1975
Studs Terkel, C�sar Ch��vez, 1970
Jack King, Ch��vez and the UFW: A View from the California Farm Bureau, 1979
Allan Grant, California Farm Bureau President Recalls, 1975
An Illustrated Life
C�sar Ch��vez and His Times in Photographs
A Life and Its Interpreters
Fred Ross, Fred Ross Recalls, 1975
Martin Luther King Jr., Telegram, September 22, 1966
Richard Griswold del Castillo, The Birth of La Causa, 1995
Margaret Rose, C�sar Ch��vez and Dolores Huerta: Partners in "La Causa," 2001
Frank Bardacke, C�sar's Ghost: Decline and Fall of the UFW, 1993
Peter Matthiessen, C�sar Ch��vez, 1993
Seeing a Life Whole
A C�sar Ch��vez Chronology: 1927-1993
Making Connections
Research Opportunities
Sources for a Life: Selected Bibliography
C�sar Ch��vez: The Man and His Circle
C�sar Ch��vez and the Chicano Movement
C�sar Ch��vez: Chicano Citizen
Index