Conquering Goliath: Cesar Chavez at the Beginning - Softcover

Ross, Fred

Softcover

ISBN 10: 096252980X ISBN 13: 9780962529801

Verlag: Wayne State University Press, 1992

Inhaltsangabe

<p>Fred Ross, a living legend among those who work to empower the underdog and effect social change by means of grass-roots activism, tells the story of Cesar Chavez's first organizing effort. This is a fast-moving chronicle of a little-known battle pitting Chavez and a handful of farm workers against two hundred growers and powerful govrenment agencies in 1958, which led, four years later, to the launching of the United Farm Workers of America.<br>Conquering Goliath illustrates Chavez's skill in calling attention to the plight of farm workers and in drawing people together in order to end discrimination and economic exploitation. In an against-all-odds triumph, he worked within the system, cultivating honest governement officials, documenting abuses, conducting citizenship classes, registering voters, and ultimately, restoring human dignity by defeating a grossly unjust practice.</p>

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Wayne State University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1992
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 096252980X
• ISBN 13: 9780962529801
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 145
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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