From the jaws of victory [[electronic resource] ] : the triumph and tragedy of Cesar Chavez and the farm worker movement / / Matt Garcia
| From the jaws of victory [[electronic resource] ] : the triumph and tragedy of Cesar Chavez and the farm worker movement / / Matt Garcia |
| Autore | García Matt |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (369 p.) |
| Disciplina |
331.88/13092
B |
| Soggetto topico |
Labor leaders - United States
Migrant agricultural laborers - Labor unions - United States - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
1970s
america biographical canada cesar chavez cultural history elaine elinson europe famous figures farm laborers farm worker movement grape boycott harry kubo historians historical figures jerry brown labor contracts labor history labor organizations labor unions modern history nonfiction oral histories political history regional history retrospective revolutionaries social history social movements united farm workers united states history |
| ISBN |
1-283-58410-7
9786613896551 0-520-95366-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- One. Birth of a Movement -- Two. Capitalism in Reverse -- Three. Workers of the World, Unite! -- Four. Stuck in the Middle -- Five. A Bitter Harvest -- Six. Busy Dying -- Seven. Rotting from the Inside Out -- Eight. Some Were More Equal Than Others -- Epilogue: Beyond the Legend -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
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García Matt
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How the other half works [[electronic resource] ] : immigration and the social organization of labor / / Roger Waldinger and Michael I. Lichter
| How the other half works [[electronic resource] ] : immigration and the social organization of labor / / Roger Waldinger and Michael I. Lichter |
| Autore | Waldinger Roger David |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (301 p.) |
| Disciplina | 331.6/2/097949409049 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | LichterMichael Ira <1960-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Foreign workers - California - Los Angeles County
Employer attitude surveys - California - Los Angeles County Immigrants - Social networks - California - Los Angeles County Unskilled labor - California - Los Angeles County |
| Soggetto non controllato |
career
civic class issues contemporary america historians historical history immigrant experience immigrants immigration labor and culture labor issues labor organizations labor studies los angeles migrant workers modern economy modern history nonfiction political science political race and class social issues social studies sociology students and teachers survey textbooks unskilled immigrants unskilled workers workforce |
| ISBN |
1-282-35954-1
1-59734-664-0 0-520-93617-5 9786612359545 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. What Employers Want -- 3. Doing the Job -- 4. The Language of Work -- 5. Network, Bureaucracy, and Exclusion -- 6. Social Capital and Social Closure -- 7. Bringing the Boss Back In -- 8. Whom Employers Want -- 9. "Us" and "Them" -- 10. Diversity and Its Discontents -- 11. Black/Immigrant Competition -- 12. Conclusion -- Appendix: The Local Context -- Notes -- Index |
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Waldinger Roger David
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| Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2003 | ||
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