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Author | : Matt García |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0520283856 |
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From the Jaws of Victory:The Triumph and Tragedy of Cesar Chavez and the Farm Worker Movement is the most comprehensive history ever written on the meteoric rise and precipitous decline of the United Farm Workers, the most successful farm labor union in United States history. Based on little-known sources and one-of-a-kind oral histories with many veterans of the farm worker movement, this book revises much of what we know about the UFW. Matt Garcia’s gripping account of the expansion of the union’s grape boycott reveals how the boycott, which UFW leader Cesar Chavez initially resisted, became the defining feature of the movement and drove the growers to sign labor contracts in 1970. Garcia vividly relates how, as the union expanded and the boycott spread across the United States, Canada, and Europe, Chavez found it more difficult to organize workers and fend off rival unions. Ultimately, the union was a victim of its own success and Chavez’s growing instability. From the Jaws of Victory delves deeply into Chavez’s attitudes and beliefs, and how they changed over time. Garcia also presents in-depth studies of other leaders in the UFW, including Gilbert Padilla, Marshall Ganz, Dolores Huerta, and Jerry Cohen. He introduces figures such as the co-coordinator of the boycott, Jerry Brown; the undisputed leader of the international boycott, Elaine Elinson; and Harry Kubo, the Japanese American farmer who led a successful campaign against the UFW in the mid-1970s.
Author | : David W. Wragg |
Publisher | : Sutton Publishing |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Geschichte |
ISBN | : 9780750924740 |
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At many points in the 20th century, failures in command or political direction have resulted in military campaigns and operations failing to achieve their objectives. This text explores a selection of such instances including Pearl Harbor, the Bay of Pigs, the Falklands and Serbia in 1999.
Author | : Richard Heffernan |
Publisher | : Verso |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780860915614 |
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Using original research from archives, interviews with MPs and party officials, and first hand testimonies from grass roots activists, the authors go behind the scenes to name names, record the votes, and lay bare the machinations of those who led the Labour Party to electoral defeat in 1992.
Author | : Bolaji L Adebiyi |
Publisher | : WestBow Press |
Total Pages | : 70 |
Release | : 2019-07-17 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1973668076 |
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Bolaji Adebiyi’s miraculous healing testimony has been heard and watched by numerous people across the continents and has inspired many to believe in hope. She is passionate about sharing her miraculous healing story wherever the Holy Spirit leads her. Bolaji is married with children and lives in Ireland, where she works in health services.
Author | : Dominic D. P. Johnson |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 358 |
Release | : 2009-07-01 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0674039173 |
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How do people decide which country came out ahead in a war or a crisis? Why, for instance, was the Mayaguez Incident in May 1975--where 41 U.S. soldiers were killed and dozens more wounded in a botched hostage rescue mission--perceived as a triumph and the 1992-94 U.S. humanitarian intervention in Somalia, which saved thousands of lives, viewed as a disaster? In Failing to Win, Dominic Johnson and Dominic Tierney dissect the psychological factors that predispose leaders, media, and the public to perceive outcomes as victories or defeats--often creating wide gaps between perceptions and reality. To make their case, Johnson and Tierney employ two frameworks: "Scorekeeping," which focuses on actual material gains and losses; and "Match-fixing," where evaluations become skewed by mindsets, symbolic events, and media and elite spin. In case studies ranging from the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis and the current War on Terror, the authors show that much of what we accept about international politics and world history is not what it seems--and why, in a time when citizens offer or withdraw support based on an imagined view of the outcome rather than the result on the ground, perceptions of success or failure can shape the results of wars, the fate of leaders, and the "lessons" we draw from history.
Author | : Charles M. Fair |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 456 |
Release | : 1971 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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"A history of the character, causes and consequences of military stupidity, from Crassus to Johnson and Westmoreland"--Jacket
Author | : William Safire |
Publisher | : Avon Books |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780380564576 |
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Includes chapters on slang, jargon, and neologisms.
Author | : Thomas W. Gilbert |
Publisher | : Godine+ORM |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 2020-09-15 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 1567926886 |
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The untold story of baseball’s nineteenth-century origins: “a delightful look at a young nation creating a pastime that was love from the first crack of the bat” (Paul Dickson, The Wall Street Journal). You may have heard that Abner Doubleday or Alexander Cartwright invented baseball. Neither did. You may have been told that a club called the Knickerbockers played the first baseball game in 1846. They didn’t. Perhaps you’ve read that baseball’s color line was first crossed by Jackie Robinson in 1947. Nope. Baseball’s true founders don’t have plaques in Cooperstown. They were hundreds of uncredited, ordinary people who played without gloves, facemasks, or performance incentives. Unlike today’s pro athletes, they lived full lives outside of sports. They worked, built businesses, and fought against the South in the Civil War. In this myth-busting history, Thomas W. Gilbert reveals the true beginnings of baseball. Through newspaper accounts, diaries, and other accounts, he explains how it evolved through the mid-nineteenth century into a modern sport of championships, media coverage, and famous stars—all before the first professional league was formed in 1871. Winner of the Casey Award: Best Baseball Book of the Year
Author | : Rodman Philbrick |
Publisher | : Scholastic Inc. |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 2013-06-25 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0545628229 |
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A companion to Newbery Honor winning author Rodman Philbrick's Freak the Mighty. This is the dramatic, heart-wrenching tale of Max and Worm, two outsiders who turn to each other for survival. Meet Maxwell Kane, the brooding giant-of-a-boy who escaped from his basement hiding place and faced the real world in FREAK THE MIGHTY.Still grieving over the loss of his best friend, Kevin, Max finds himself defending a young, solitary girl cruelly nicknamed "Worm" because she loves to read so much.When Max gets blamed for a horrific crime, he and Worm are forced to run for their lives. They flee across America -- hunted by the police, and pursued by the mysterious man known as the Undertaker. The only way they can survive is to confront Worm's darkest and most revealing secret. And that means facing something more frightening than death itself.
Author | : Liz Hyder |
Publisher | : Pushkin Press |
Total Pages | : 247 |
Release | : 2019-09-19 |
Genre | : Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | : 1782692444 |
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A boldly original novel about justice, independence and resisting oppression that introduces a remarkable new voice in YA literature Life in Bearmouth is one of hard labour, the sunlit world above the mine a distant memory. Reward will come in the next life with the benevolence of the Mayker. New accepts everything - that is, until the mysterious Devlin arrives. Suddenly, Newt starts to look at Bearmouth with a fresh perspective, questioning the system, and setting in motion a chain of events that could destroy their entire world. In this powerful and brilliantly original debut novel, friendship creates strength, courage is hard-won and hope is the path to freedom. Liz Hyder is a writer, experienced workshop leader and award-winning arts PR consultant. She has a BA in drama from the University of Bristol and, in early 2018, won the Bridge Award/Moniack Mhor's Emerging Writer Award. She is currently working on her second book and a range of other creative projects. Bearmouth is her debut novel.