LEADER 03916nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910462327503321 005 20211211000505.0 010 $a1-283-58410-7 010 $a9786613896551 010 $a0-520-95366-5 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520953666 035 $a(CKB)2670000000237838 035 $a(EBL)1014241 035 $a(OCoLC)809910946 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000705003 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11411092 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000705003 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10622975 035 $a(PQKB)11321799 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1014241 035 $a(DE-B1597)518973 035 $a(OCoLC)1110710954 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520953666 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1014241 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10595415 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL389655 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000237838 100 $a20120912d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---uu|uu 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFrom the jaws of victory$b[electronic resource] $ethe triumph and tragedy of Cesar Chavez and the farm worker movement /$fMatt Garcia 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (369 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-520-28385-6 311 0 $a0-520-25930-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tillustrations --$tAcknowledgments --$tAbbreviations --$tIntroduction --$tOne. Birth of a Movement --$tTwo. Capitalism in Reverse --$tThree. Workers of the World, Unite! --$tFour. Stuck in the Middle --$tFive. A Bitter Harvest --$tSix. Busy Dying --$tSeven. Rotting from the Inside Out --$tEight. Some Were More Equal Than Others --$tEpilogue: Beyond the Legend --$tNotes --$tSelected Bibliography --$tIndex 330 $aFrom 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.   606 $aLabor leaders$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aMigrant agricultural laborers$xLabor unions$zUnited States$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aLabor leaders 615 0$aMigrant agricultural laborers$xLabor unions$xHistory. 676 $a331.88/13092 676 $aB 700 $aGarci?a$b Matt$01043456 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462327503321 996 $aFrom the jaws of victory$92468443 997 $aUNINA