Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Acknowledgments VII
4. Agenda and Objectives IX
5. 1. Theories of Insurgency 1
6. 2. California Agriculture and Grower Power 28
7. 3. California Agriculture and Farm Worker Powerlessness 66
8. 4. The Agony of the NFLU (1946–1952) 86
9. 5. The Flawed Strategy: The AWOC (1959–1965) 114
10. 6. La Causa Ascendant: Building the United Farm Worker Challenge (1962–1970) 131
11. 7. La Causa on Trial: Counterattack and Renewal (1970–1980) 175
12. 8. The Politics of Turmoil: Political Realignment and the Social Movements of the 1960s 210
13. 9. The Politics of Insurgency 223
14. Notes 231
15. Bibliography 241
16. Index 259