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The Politics of Insurgency. the Farm Worker Movement in the 1960S / J. Craig Jenkins.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1985]Copyright date: ©1985Description: 1 online resource (262 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780231923644
  • 9780231888349
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 331.88/13/09794 19
LOC classification:
  • HD6515.A292 C34 1985
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Agenda and Objectives -- 1. Theories of Insurgency -- 2. California Agriculture and Grower Power -- 3. California Agriculture and Farm Worker Powerlessness -- 4. The Agony of the NFLU (1946–1952) -- 5. The Flawed Strategy: The AWOC (1959–1965) -- 6. La Causa Ascendant: Building the United Farm Worker Challenge (1962–1970) -- 7. La Causa on Trial: Counterattack and Renewal (1970–1980) -- 8. The Politics of Turmoil: Political Realignment and the Social Movements of the 1960s -- 9. The Politics of Insurgency -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: Offers an interpretation of the politics of the 1960's and the social forces which gave rise to that stormy decade. Focuses on the farm worker movement under the leadership of Cesar Chavez.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Agenda and Objectives -- 1. Theories of Insurgency -- 2. California Agriculture and Grower Power -- 3. California Agriculture and Farm Worker Powerlessness -- 4. The Agony of the NFLU (1946–1952) -- 5. The Flawed Strategy: The AWOC (1959–1965) -- 6. La Causa Ascendant: Building the United Farm Worker Challenge (1962–1970) -- 7. La Causa on Trial: Counterattack and Renewal (1970–1980) -- 8. The Politics of Turmoil: Political Realignment and the Social Movements of the 1960s -- 9. The Politics of Insurgency -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

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Offers an interpretation of the politics of the 1960's and the social forces which gave rise to that stormy decade. Focuses on the farm worker movement under the leadership of Cesar Chavez.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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