Cesar Chavez: Autobiography of La Causa
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Cesar Chavez: Autobiography of La Causa
By (Author) Jacques E. Levy
Foreword by Fred Ross
Afterword by Jacqueline M. Levy
University of Minnesota Press
University of Minnesota Press
1st October 2007
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
331.8813092
Physical Properties
Paperback
600
Width 152mm, Height 229mm, Spine 38mm
Description
Mexican-American civil rights and labor activist Cesar Chavez (19271993) comes to life in this vivid portrait of the charismatic and influential fighter who boycotted supermarkets and took on corporations, the government, and the powerful Teamsters Union. Jacques E. Levy gained unprecedented access to Chavez and the United Farm Workers in writing this account of one of the most successful labor movements in historywhich also serves as a guidebook for social and political change.
