The Politics of Insurgency. the Farm Worker Movement in the 1960S / / J. Craig Jenkins.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Jenkins, J. Craig,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1985]; ©1985
• Year of Publication: 1985
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (262 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Agenda and Objectives --; 1. Theories of Insurgency --; 2. California Agriculture and Grower Power --; 3. California Agriculture and Farm Worker Powerlessness --; 4. The Agony of the NFLU (1946–1952) --; 5. The Flawed Strategy: The AWOC (1959–1965) --; 6. La Causa Ascendant: Building the United Farm Worker Challenge (1962–1970) --; 7. La Causa on Trial: Counterattack and Renewal (1970–1980) --; 8. The Politics of Turmoil: Political Realignment and the Social Movements of the 1960s --; 9. The Politics of Insurgency --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231888349; 9783110442489
• DOI: 10.7312/jenk92364
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: J. Craig Jenkins.

Offers an interpretation of the politics of the 1960's and the social forces which gave rise to that stormy decade. Focuses on the farm worker movement under the leadership of Cesar Chavez.