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Author Ganz, Marshall, 1943-

Title Why David sometimes wins : leadership, organization, and strategy in the California farm worker movement / Marshall Ganz
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford Univ. Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 344 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Abbreviations; ONE: Introduction: How David Beat Goliath; TWO: Beginnings: Immigrants, Radicals, and the AFL (1900-1959); THREE: New Opportunities, New Initiatives: AWOC, Teamsters, and the FWA (1959-1962); FOUR: A Storm Gathers: Two Responses (1963-1965); FIVE: The Great Delano Grape Strike (1965-1966); SIX: Meeting the Counterattack: DiGiorgio, the Teamsters, and UFWOC (1966); SEVEN: Launching a New Union (1966-1967); Epilogue; Appendix; Notes; References; Index
Summary Preface. 1. Introduction: How David Beat Goliath. 2. Beginnings: Immigrants, Radicals, and the AFL (1900-1959). 3. New Opportunities, New Initiatives: (1959-1962). 4. A Storm Gathers: Two Responses (1963-1965). 5. The Great Delano Grape Strike (1965-1966). 6. Meeting the Counter-Attack (1966). 7. Launching a New Union (1966-1967). Epilogue. Appendix. Notes. References. Index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-335) and index
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Subject United Farm Workers -- History
SUBJECT United Farm Workers fast
Subject Agricultural laborers -- Labor unions -- California -- History
Migrant agricultural laborers -- Labor unions -- California -- History
Agricultural laborers -- California -- History
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
Agricultural laborers
Agricultural laborers -- Labor unions
Migrant agricultural laborers -- Labor unions
California
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
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