Cesar Chavez, Volume 11: A Triumph of Spirit Revised Edition Contributor(s): Griswold del Castillo, Richard (Author), Garcia, Richard a. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0806129573 ISBN-13: 9780806129570 Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: September 1995 Annotation: This biography of Chavez by Richard Griswold del Castillo and Richard A. Garcia is the first to approach Chavez's life - his courageous acts, his turning points, his many perceived personas - in the context of Chicano and American history. It reveals a shy, quiet man who was launched by events into a maelstrom of campesino strikes, religious fervor, and nonviolent battles for justice. Among his friends and supporters he counted Martin Luther King Jr., Robert Kennedy, Jimmy Carter, and millions across America who rallied to his cause. In Griswold del Castillo and Garcia's biography, Chavez's life mirrors major events in Mexican American history: Mexican immigration during the 1920s; forced repatriation in the 1930s; segregation in public schools; Mexican American contributions during World War II; the Zoot Suit Riots in Los Angeles; formation of Mexican American organizations to advance civil and political rights; the Chicano movement of the 1960s and early 1970s; the emergence of a conservative political backlash in the 1980s; and, finally, the "new immigration" in the 1990s. Cesar Chavez was touched by all these events, and his story is both private and part of a collective experience. Click for more in this series: Oklahoma Western Biographies |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Business |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 95015230 |
Series: Oklahoma Western Biographies |
Physical Information: 0.65" H x 5.46" W x 8.5" L (0.64 lbs) 224 pages |
Features: Bibliography, Ikids, Illustrated, Index |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 61712 Reading Level: 5.1 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
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Publisher Description: When farm worker and labor organizer C sar Ch vez burst upon America's national scene in 1965, U.S. readers and viewers were witnessing the emergence of a new Mexican American, or Chicano, movement. This biography of Ch vez by Richard Griswold del Castillo and Richard A. Garcia is the first to approach Ch vez's life-his courageous acts, his turning points, his many perceived personas-in the context of Chicano and American history. It reveals a shy, quiet man who was launched by events into a maelstrom of campesino strikes, religious fervor, and nonviolent battles for justice. Among his friends and supporters he counted Martin Luther King Jr., Robert Kennedy, Jimmy Carter, and millions across America who rallied to his cause. In Griswold del Castillo and Garcia's biography, Ch vez's life mirrors major events in Mexican American history: Mexican immigration during the 1920s; forced repatriation in the 1930s; segregation in public schools; Mexican American contributions during World War II; the Zoot Suit Riots in Los Angeles; formation of Mexican American organizations to advance civil and political rights; the Chicano movement of the 1960s and early 1970s; the emergence of a conservative political backlash in the 1980s; and, finally, the new immigration in the 1990s. C sar Ch vez was touched by all these events, and his story is both private and part of a collective experience. Ultimately the authors see Ch vez's significance as moral. In an age notable for its confusion about-if not lack of moral values, C sar Ch vez stands as proof that America still has people of rare courage and conviction who devote their lives to a righteous cause, to self sacrifice and nonviolent struggle against overwhelming odds. Ch vez consistently respected all ethnic and religious groups, rejected materialism, and, above all, fought for justice. Griswold del Castillo and Garcia's biography tells the inspiring story of a man who lived a simple life and preached a simple guiding dictum: Si Se Puede-Yes, it can be done. |
Contributor Bio(s): Garcia, Richard a.: - Richard A. Garcia, Professor of Ethnic Studies at California State University-Hayward, is the author of The Rise of the Mexican American Middle Class: San Antonio, 1929-1941. Griswold del Castillo, Richard: -Richard Griswold del Castillo was born and raised in Santa Ana California; his father was born in Minneapolis Minnesota and his mother was born in Mexico City, Mexico. He graduated from Santa Ana High school in 1960, went on study at UC Berkeley and the University of Dijon, France before receiving his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. from UCLA . In 1992 he was a Fulbright Scholar in Mexico City, he was a visiting professor at UC Berkeley in 1994, and he became Professor Emeritus at San Diego State University in 2005. |
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