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The Resource Chasing the harvest : migrant workers in California agriculture, edited by Gabriel Thompson, (electronic resource)

Chasing the harvest : migrant workers in California agriculture, edited by Gabriel Thompson, (electronic resource)

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Lives from an invisible community-the migrant farmworkers of the United States The Grapes of Wrath brought national attention to the condition of California's migrant farmworkers in the 1930s. Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers' grape and lettuce boycotts captured the imagination of the United States in the 1960s and '70s. Yet today, the stories of the more than 800,000 men, women, and children working in California's fields-one third of the nation's agricultural work force-are rarely heard, despite the persistence of wage theft, dangerous working conditions, and uncertain futures. This book of oral histories makes the reality of farm work visible in accounts of hardship, bravery, solidarity, and creativity in California's fields, as real people struggle to win new opportunities for future generations. Among the narrators: Maricruz, a single mother fired from a packing plant after filing a sexual assault complaint against her supervisor. Roberto, a vineyard laborer in the scorching Coachella Valley who became an advocate for more humane working conditions after his teenage son almost died of heatstroke. Oscar, an elementary school teacher in Salinas who wants to free his students from a life in the fields, the fate that once awaited him as a child
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource (320 pages)
Note
"Voice of Witness is a nonprofit that amplifies unheard voices through an oral history book series and education program."--Page 4 of cover
Contents
  • Introduction : Look at my hands / by Gabriel Thompson
  • Executive editor's note / by Mimi Lok
  • Map
  • Maricruz Ladino, produce truck driver
  • Oscar Ramos, elementary school teacher
  • Roberto Valdez, farmworker, various crops
  • Heraclio Astete, former sheepherder
  • Rosario Pelayo, retired farmworker and labor leader
  • Fausto Sanchez, indigenous program community worker
  • Jose Saldivar, irrigator and pesticide applicator
  • Maria, Pedro, and Guadalupe Ayala, farmworker, table grapes
  • Ismael Moreno, high school student, part-time farmworker
  • Silvia Correra, farmworker, wine grapes
  • Harold McClarty, grower
  • Maria Elena Durazo, labor leader
  • Rafael Gonzalez Meraz, mayordomo
  • Jim Cochran, grower
  • Beatriz Machiche, Head Start manager
  • Appendices. Timeline ; Glossary ; California farmworker legal protections ; California farmworker organizations ; Cultivating Fear / by Human Rights Watch
Isbn
9781786632197
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Chasing the harvest : migrant workers in California agriculture
Title
Chasing the harvest
Title remainder
migrant workers in California agriculture
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edited by Gabriel Thompson
Contributor
Editor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Lives from an invisible community-the migrant farmworkers of the United States The Grapes of Wrath brought national attention to the condition of California's migrant farmworkers in the 1930s. Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers' grape and lettuce boycotts captured the imagination of the United States in the 1960s and '70s. Yet today, the stories of the more than 800,000 men, women, and children working in California's fields-one third of the nation's agricultural work force-are rarely heard, despite the persistence of wage theft, dangerous working conditions, and uncertain futures. This book of oral histories makes the reality of farm work visible in accounts of hardship, bravery, solidarity, and creativity in California's fields, as real people struggle to win new opportunities for future generations. Among the narrators: Maricruz, a single mother fired from a packing plant after filing a sexual assault complaint against her supervisor. Roberto, a vineyard laborer in the scorching Coachella Valley who became an advocate for more humane working conditions after his teenage son almost died of heatstroke. Oscar, an elementary school teacher in Salinas who wants to free his students from a life in the fields, the fate that once awaited him as a child
Cataloging source
IDEBK
Dewey number
331.5/4409794
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
no index present
LC call number
HD1527.C2
LC item number
C43 2017
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
dictionaries
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
Thompson, Gabriel
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Migrant agricultural laborers
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations
  • BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor
Label
Chasing the harvest : migrant workers in California agriculture, edited by Gabriel Thompson, (electronic resource)
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Publication
Copyright
Note
"Voice of Witness is a nonprofit that amplifies unheard voices through an oral history book series and education program."--Page 4 of cover
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
mixed
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction : Look at my hands / by Gabriel Thompson -- Executive editor's note / by Mimi Lok -- Map -- Maricruz Ladino, produce truck driver -- Oscar Ramos, elementary school teacher -- Roberto Valdez, farmworker, various crops -- Heraclio Astete, former sheepherder -- Rosario Pelayo, retired farmworker and labor leader -- Fausto Sanchez, indigenous program community worker -- Jose Saldivar, irrigator and pesticide applicator -- Maria, Pedro, and Guadalupe Ayala, farmworker, table grapes -- Ismael Moreno, high school student, part-time farmworker -- Silvia Correra, farmworker, wine grapes -- Harold McClarty, grower -- Maria Elena Durazo, labor leader -- Rafael Gonzalez Meraz, mayordomo -- Jim Cochran, grower -- Beatriz Machiche, Head Start manager -- Appendices. Timeline ; Glossary ; California farmworker legal protections ; California farmworker organizations ; Cultivating Fear / by Human Rights Watch
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (320 pages)
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781786632197
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
illustrations, map
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
c31054b3-a948-4cc0-8590-01806e4c8b06
Publisher number
EB00682082
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)986202722
Label
Chasing the harvest : migrant workers in California agriculture, edited by Gabriel Thompson, (electronic resource)
Link
Publication
Copyright
Note
"Voice of Witness is a nonprofit that amplifies unheard voices through an oral history book series and education program."--Page 4 of cover
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
mixed
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction : Look at my hands / by Gabriel Thompson -- Executive editor's note / by Mimi Lok -- Map -- Maricruz Ladino, produce truck driver -- Oscar Ramos, elementary school teacher -- Roberto Valdez, farmworker, various crops -- Heraclio Astete, former sheepherder -- Rosario Pelayo, retired farmworker and labor leader -- Fausto Sanchez, indigenous program community worker -- Jose Saldivar, irrigator and pesticide applicator -- Maria, Pedro, and Guadalupe Ayala, farmworker, table grapes -- Ismael Moreno, high school student, part-time farmworker -- Silvia Correra, farmworker, wine grapes -- Harold McClarty, grower -- Maria Elena Durazo, labor leader -- Rafael Gonzalez Meraz, mayordomo -- Jim Cochran, grower -- Beatriz Machiche, Head Start manager -- Appendices. Timeline ; Glossary ; California farmworker legal protections ; California farmworker organizations ; Cultivating Fear / by Human Rights Watch
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (320 pages)
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781786632197
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
illustrations, map
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
c31054b3-a948-4cc0-8590-01806e4c8b06
Publisher number
EB00682082
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)986202722

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