Trampling Out the Vintage: Cesar Chavez and the Two Souls of the United Farm Workers

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Winner of the 2012 Hillman Prize in Book Journalism. In its heyday, the United Farm Workers was an embodiment of its slogan "Yes, we can"'in the form "'SI, Se Puede!"'winning many labor victories, securing collective bargaining rights for farm workers, and becoming a major voice for the Latino community. Today, it is a mere shadow of its former self. Trampling Out the Vintage is the authoritative and award-winning accountof the rise and fall of the United Farm Workers and its most famous and controversial leader, Cesar Chavez. Based interviews conducted over many years'with farm workers, organizers, and the opponents and friends of the UFW'the book tells a story of collective action and empowerment rich in evocative detail and stirring human interest. Beginning with the influence of the ideas of Saul Alinsky and Catholic Social Action at the union's founding, through the UFW's thrilling triumphs in the California fields, the drama concludes with the debilitating internal struggles that effectively crippled the union. A vivid rendering of farm work and the world of the farm worker, Trampling Out the Vintage is a dramatic reappraisal of the political trajectory of Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers and an essential re-evaluation of their most tumultuous years.;Title Page; Praise for Trampling Out the Vintage; Dedication; Epigraph; Contents; Prologue: The Car Pool; The Founding; 1. The Territory; 2. The Work Itself; 3. Childhood as Destiny; 4. The Lay Catholic Activist; 5. The Alchemist; 6. The Organizer in Oxnard; 7. Climbing the Fence; 8. A Family Affair; 9. New Wings; 10. The Grape Strike; The Boycott; 11. Moral Jujitsu; 12. â#x80;#x9C;Boycott Baby, Boycottâ#x80;#x9D;: The Civil Rights Coalition Regroups; 13. Battle Theater; 14. The Spring Pilgrimage; 15. Democratic Delano; 16. Cutting Back and Rooting Out; 17. The Fast; 18. Boycott Heroics. Title Page Praise for Trampling Out the Vintage Dedication Epigraph Contents Prologue: The Car Pool The Founding 1. The Territory 2. The Work Itself 3. Childhood as Destiny 4. The Lay Catholic Activist 5. The Alchemist 6. The Organizer in Oxnard 7. Climbing the Fence 8. A Family Affair 9. New Wings 10. The Grape Strike The Boycott 11. Moral Jujitsu 12. â#x80 #x9C Boycott Baby, Boycottâ#x80 #x9D : The Civil Rights Coalition Regroups 13. Battle Theater 14. The Spring Pilgrimage 15. Democratic Delano 16. Cutting Back and Rooting Out 17. The Fast 18. Boycott Heroics. Farmworkers Win A New Deal19. Salinas Before the Storm 20. â#x80 #x9C Reds Lettuce Aloneâ#x80 #x9D : Farmworkers Stun Salinas 21. Up on the Mountain, Out in the Fields, Back in the Cities 22. â#x80 #x9C Fighting for Our Livesâ#x80 #x9D 23. Forcing the Great Concession 24. The Wet Line Victory in Hand, Confusion at Heart 25. Living with the Law 26. â#x80 #x9C The Gameâ#x80 #x9D 27. â#x80 #x9C That Wall Is Blackâ#x80 #x9D : The La Paz Makeover 28. Imperial Strike 29. â#x80 #x9C Esta Huelga Está Ganadaâ#x80 #x9D 30. The Good, the Bad, the Unlikely 31. Civil War 32. Exeunt Omnes Epilogue Acknowledgments Notes Sources Index Maps Photo.