The fight in the fields : Cesar Chavez and the farmworkers movement /

Ferriss, Susan.

The fight in the fields : Cesar Chavez and the farmworkers movement / Susan Ferriss and Ricardo Sandoval ; edited by Diana Hembree ; photographs edited by Michele Mckenzie. - San Diego, CA : Harcourt Brace, c1997. - xvi, 333 p. : ill., map 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cesar Chavez's life and work transformed American society, and his name is synonymous with the struggle of farmworkers for dignity and justice. The Fight in the Fields tells the dramatic story of Chavez and the United Farmworkers Movement in words and powerful photographs, with guest essays by Carey McWilliams, Victor Villasenor, Alfredo Vea, Jr., Peter Matthiessen, Rudolfo Anaya, and others. www.alibris.com

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Labor leaders--United States
Mexican American migrant agricultural laborers
Migrant agricultural laborers--United States

HD 6509.C68 / .F417 1997