Continuing la causa : organizing labor in California's strawberry fields /

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Author / Creator:	Mireles, Gilbert Felipe.
Imprint:	Boulder : FirstForumPress, A Division of Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., 2013.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Series:	Latinos : exploring diversity and change Latinos, exploring diversity and change.
Subject:	United Farm Workers. United Farm Workers. Migrant agricultural laborers -- Labor unions -- California. Hispanic American agricultural laborers -- California. Strawberry industry -- California -- Employees. Labor unions -- Organizing -- California. Hispanic American agricultural laborers. Labor unions -- Organizing. Migrant agricultural laborers -- Labor unions. Strawberry industry -- Employees. California.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12540459

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ISBN:	9781626373181 1626373183 9781935049647 193504964X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-179) and index.
Summary:	Gilbert Mireles explores the legendary United Farm Workers' campaign to organize laborers-predominantly Latino immigrants-in California's strawberry industry. Tracing the UFW's actions from the picking fields to the world of government offices and corporate boardrooms, Mireles shows how the very traits that made the union such a successful advocate for farm workers also inhibited the meaningful participation of those same workers in the union. His systematic analysis of one of the most influential social movements in the country points to troubling implications for the place of immigrants-and the role of civil society and participatory democracy-in US society.
Other form:	Print version: Mireles, Gilbert Felipe. Continuing la causa. 9781935049647 193504964X

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