Philip Vera Cruz : a personal history of Filipino immigrants and the Farmworkers movement /

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"Filipino farm workers sat down in the grape fields of Delano, California, in 1965 and began the strike that brought about a dramatic turn in the long history of farm labor struggles in California. Their efforts led to the creation of the United Farm Workers union under Cesar Chavez, with Phili...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Scharlin, Craig
Other Authors: Villanueva, Lilia V.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2000.
Edition:3rd ed.
Subjects:
Vera Cruz, Philip, > 1904-1994.
Vera Cruz, Philip, > 1904-1994
United Farm Workers > History.
United Farm Workers
Agricultural laborers > Labor unions > United States > History.
Foreign workers, Filipino > United States > History.
Travailleurs agricoles > Syndicats > États-Unis > Histoire.
Travailleurs étrangers philippins > États-Unis > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Asian American Studies.
Agricultural laborers > Labor unions
Foreign workers, Filipino
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Elaine H. Kim
  • Introduction / Craig Scharlin, Lilia V. Villanueva
  • "Still good at sitting down"
  • "A matter of survival"
  • "The most important $2 in my life"
  • "So close to the good life"
  • "I sacrificed too much ..."
  • "A minority within a minority"
  • "The movement must go beyond its leaders"
  • "Pounding me with their anger"
  • "My continual struggle"
  • "A golden foundation."

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