Why David sometimes wins: leadership, organization, and strategy in the California farm worker movement

Why David Sometimes Wins tells the story of Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers' groundbreaking victory, drawing important lessons from this dramatic tale. Offering insight from a longtime movement organizer and scholar, Ganz illustrates how they had the ability and resourcefulness to devise good strategyand turn short-term advantages into long-term gains. INDICE: Abbreviations; 1.: Introduction: How David Bear Goliath; 2.: Beginnings: Immigrants, Radicals, and the AFL (1900-1959); 3.: New Opportunities, New Initiatives: AWOC, Teamsters, and the FWA (1959-1962); 4.: A Storm Gathers: Two Responses (1963-1965); 5.: The Great Delano Grape Strike (1965-1966); 6.: Meeting the Counterattack: DiGiorgio, the Teamsters, and UFWOC (1966); 7.:Launching a New Union (1966-1967); Epilogue; Appendix; Notes; References; Index

• ISBN: 978-0-19-975785-5
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 368
• Fecha Publicación: 30/09/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés