{"product_id":"the-union-of-their-dreams-power-hope-and-struggle-in-cesar-chavezs-farm-worker-movement","title":"The Union of Their Dreams: Power  Hope  and Struggle in Cesar Chavez's Farm Worker Movement","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe rise  fall  and legacy of the inspirational United Farm Workers movement  and the untold story of iconic community organizer Cesar Chavez.  A generation of Americans came of age boycotting grapes  swept up in a movement that vanquished Californias most powerful industry and accomplished the unthinkable: dignity and contracts for farm workers. Four decades later  Cesar Chavezs likeness graces postage stamps  and dozens of schools and streets have been renamed in his honor. But the real story of Chavezs farm workers movementboth its historic triumphs and its tragic disintegrationhas remained buried beneath the hagiography.  Drawing on a rich trove of original documents  tapes  and interviews  Miriam Pawel chronicles the rise of the UFW during the heady days of civil rights struggles  the antiwar movement  and student activism in the 1960s and 70s. From the fields  the churches  and the classrooms  hundreds were drawn to la causa by the charismatic Chavez  a brilliant risk-taker who mobilized popular support for a noble cause. But as Miriam Pawel shows  the UFW was ripped apart by the same man who built it  as Chavez proved unable to make the transition from movement icon to union leader. Pawel traces the lives of several key members of the crusade  using their stories to weave together a powerful portrait of a movement and the people who made it.  A tour de force of reporting and a spellbinding narrative  The Union of Their Dreams explores an important and untold chapter in the history of labor  civil rights  and immigration in modern America.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946103009333,"sku":"ByrdShop_1596914602","price":225.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781596914605.jpg?v=1769924089","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-union-of-their-dreams-power-hope-and-struggle-in-cesar-chavezs-farm-worker-movement","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}