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La Causa: The Migrant Farmworkers' Story (Steck-Vaughn Stories of America Series)

1 review
Dana Catharine de Ruiz, Richard Larios

Steck-Vaughn, 1992

Teaching Justice to Young Minds
I used this book to as a background for a two week unit on Latin American Culture in the United States to a fourth grade class. My students were intrigued and began to think about new issues of justice. The book is artfully written so that even an adult can gain valuable insight. Ceasar Chavez' story is inspiring and challenges all to question the status quo. One chapter may be a little graphic ...

Working Poor: Farmworkers in the United States
David Craig Griffith, Edward Kissam, ...

Temple University Press, 1995

Working Poor investigates the lives and working conditions of migrant farmworkers in seven regions of the United States. The community studies in this volume include descriptions and analyses of the low-income neighborhoods of Immokalee, Florida; Parlier, California; Weslaco, Texas; and Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, where growers and farm contractors put immigrants to work in fruit and vegetable harvests. The authors link farmworker communities ...

The Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers Movement

10 reviews
Susan Ferriss, Ricardo Sandoval, ...

Harvest/HBJ Book, 1998

Cesar Chavez Merits a National Holiday !
"The Fight in the Fields" compelled me to recognize that Cesar Chavez is arguably the greatest humanitarian in US history. He tirelessly and peacefully campaigned on behalf of underpaid and overworked farmworkers and migrants who were forced to toil amidst toxic insecticides and pesticides. Chavez was profoundly influenced by Gandhi, Martin Luther King and St. Francis of Assisi. He was an ...

Cesar Chavez, the Catholic Bishops, and the Farmworkers' Struggle for Social Justice

1 review
Marco G. Prouty

University of Arizona Press, 2006

Scholarly yet readable account of the Church and farm labor.
The author is to be congratulated for this scholarly yet readable account of the involvement of the American Catholic Church with the struggle of farm workers for social justice. Based upon solid archival research, including access to the records of the Bishops' Ad hoc Committee on Farm Labor and the papers of Msgr. George Higgins, this is a condensed version of Dr. Prouty's doctoral dissertation ...

The Human Cost of Food: Farmworkers' Lives, Labor, and Advocacy

University of Texas Press, 2002

"This is an excellent book, well-written, thoughtful, and scholarly, in a field which has very few overviews accessible to non-specialists. It is definitely a contribution to the literature and will fill a large gap in existing materials, especially in its emphasis on farmworker issues in the Southeast United States." ?Cynthia A. Wood, Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Appalachian State University Finding fresh fruits ...

The Farmworkers' Journey
Ann Aurelia Lopez

University of California Press, 2007

Illuminating the dark side of economic globalization, this book gives a rare insider's view of the migrant farmworkers' binational circuit that stretches from the west central Mexico countryside to central California. Over the course of ten years, Ann Aurelia López conducted a series of intimate interviews with farmworkers and their families along the migrant circuit. She deftly weaves their voices together with up-to-date research to portray a ...

Voices from the Fields : Children of Migrant Farmworkers Tell Their Stories

4 reviews
S. Beth Atkin

Little, Brown Young Readers, 2000

Picking into migrant families lives
I have recommended this book to teachers, counselors, therapists, social workers, politicians and law enforcement officials. It takes you inside migrant families lives and lets you share with them their success, sacrifice, and nostalgia. Beth Atkins captures more than images in her photographs. She captures pride, hard work, and nostalgic happy lives away from home (Mexico). Originario ...

Farmworker's Daughter: Growing Up Mexican in America

9 reviews
Rose Castillo Guilbault

Heyday Books, 2006

Inspirational Story of Farmworker's Daughter
Teens will be moved and inspired by Rose Castillo Guilbault's memoir, "Farmworker's Daughter: Growing Up Mexican in America" (Heyday Books, $11.95 paperback). The chapters in this richly detailed book arose from a series of essays first published in the San Francisco Chronicle. Guilbault is best known as an award-winning broadcast and print journalist who now is vice president of corporate ...

With These Hands: The Hidden World of Migrant Farmworkers Today

4 reviews
Daniel Rothenberg

University of California Press, 2000

This is a fine, very readable book about migrant farmworkers
With These Hands is an excellent book that contains oral histories -- astonishing interviews -- with farmworkers, growers, labor contractors, government officials and labor union officials. These statements are interspersed with excellent but brief summaries of various issues. The full range of the complexity of farmworkers' lives is explored, from wages and benefits to the structure of the ...

Cesar Chavez and the Common Sense of Nonviolence
Jose-Antonio Orosco

University of New Mexico Press, 2008

Cesar Chavez has long been heralded for his personal practice of nonviolent resistance in struggles against social, racial, and labor injustices. However, the works of Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. have long overshadowed Chavez's contributions to the theory of nonviolence. JosÃ©-Antonio Orosco seeks to elevate Chavez as an original thinker, providing an analysis of what Chavez called "the common sense of nonviolence." By engaging Chavez in ...

Cesar Chavez: Fighting for Farmworkers (Graphic Library: Graphic Biographies)
Braun, Eric

Capstone Press, 2006

A biography telling the life of labor leader Cesar Chavez and the boycotts that he led to gain fair working conditions for farmworkers. Written in graphic-novel format.

Farmworker's Friend: The Story of Cesar Chavez (Trailblazer Biographies)

1 review
David R. Collins

Carolrhoda Books, 1996

Excellent book for young readers
This is a fantastic biography of Cesar Chavez, written for young readers. You don't get this kind of progressive history telling in traditional textbooks. This is a perfect supplement for your history class, for home school, or for your child's research project.

Espejos y Ventanas / Mirrors and Windows: Oral Histories of Mexican Farmworkers and Their Families

1 review

New City Community Press, 2004

The stories of Mexican immigrants in their own words
This book should be required reading for anyone interested in the immigration debate that is raging in our country today. Espejos y Ventanas gives Mexican immigrants the chance to tell their stories of struggle in their own words. The Spanish is not too difficult to follow, so it's also a good read for those who are learning the language or want to brush up on it.

The National Grape Boycott: A Victory for Farmworkers (Snapshots in History series) (Snapshots in History)
Davis, Barbara J

Compass Point Books, 2008

Beginning in 1966, activist Cesar Chavez led a nationwide boycott of table grapes to draw attention to the plight of farmworkers.

Photographing Farmworkers in California

1 review
Richard Street

Stanford University Press, 2004

Great photos and documentation
This is a rare collection of photos documenting the history of farm workers in California. It pays tribute to the efforts and energies of the United Farm Workers Union and to its remarkable leader, Cesar Chavez. The photos of violence against peaceful people demonstrating for their rights are particularly important in recording the farm workers epic struggle for decent working conditions and fair ...

Fruit Tramps: A Family of Migrant Farmworkers

1 review
Herman Leroy Emmet

Univ of New Mexico Pr, 1989

Fruit Tramps
This is a great modern update of migrant workers from the days of Dorthea Lange. There is such a closeness that is acheived between the photographer and the family. The friendship that developed over eight+ years really comes out in this book and the photographs. Truly great documentary work. You should read this book!

A Taste of English (Nutrition Workbook for Adult ESL Students)

Assoc.of Farmworker Opportunity Programs, 1994

Eight lesson workbook with glossary of foods. 1. Be Good to Your Body 2. Know How Your Body Works 3. Eat a Variety of Foods 4. Make Healthy Meals 5. Keep Foods Safe 6. Be a Smart Shopper 7. Eat Well and Stay Healthy 8. Get the Help You Need

Philip Vera Cruz: A Personal History of Filipino Immigrants and the Farmworkers Movement

3 reviews
Craig Scharlin, Lilia V. Villanueva

University of Washington Press, 2000

Remembering the Pioneers of Our Community
I am often dismayed when college aged Filipina/o Americans, many of whom are the children and grandchildren of post-1965 immigrants, cannot appreciate the lives of the Manongs, early Filipino immigrants from the the 1920's & 30's. I realize that it was a long time ago and there are many other Fil-Ams to recognize and honor, but I believe that this first large wave of immigrants to the U.S. is a ...

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