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Why David Sometimes Wins
Marshall Ganz
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Description for Why David Sometimes Wins
hardcover. Num Pages: 368 pages, 17 black and white halftone illustrations, 5 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; KNAC; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 653.
On April 10, 1966, a crowd of 10,000 farm workers and supporters gathered at the California state capitol to celebrate victory in one of the most significant strikes in American history--one that made Cesar Chavez famous as leader of the National Farm Workers Association, which later became the United Farm Workers (UFW). In Why David Sometimes Wins, Marshall Ganz tells the story of the UFW's ground-breaking victory, drawing out larger lessons from this dramatic tale. A longtime leader in the movement and current lecturer in public policy at Harvard, he offers unique insight. Since the 1900s, large-scale agricultural ... Read more
On April 10, 1966, a crowd of 10,000 farm workers and supporters gathered at the California state capitol to celebrate victory in one of the most significant strikes in American history--one that made Cesar Chavez famous as leader of the National Farm Workers Association, which later became the United Farm Workers (UFW). In Why David Sometimes Wins, Marshall Ganz tells the story of the UFW's ground-breaking victory, drawing out larger lessons from this dramatic tale. A longtime leader in the movement and current lecturer in public policy at Harvard, he offers unique insight. Since the 1900s, large-scale agricultural ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195162011
SKU
V9780195162011
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About Marshall Ganz
In 1965, Marshall Ganz began a sixteen-year career with the United Farm Workers, where he became Director of Organizing. He is now Lecturer in Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
Reviews for Why David Sometimes Wins
This throughly documented account is support by insights and evidence from Marshall's personal experience, and many will read it as much for its exciting story of the farm workers' struggle as for its contribution to the theory of social movements.... Recommended.
Social & Behaviorial Science
In Why David Sometimes Wins, Ganz demonstrates his own marvelous story telling skill ... Read more
Social & Behaviorial Science
In Why David Sometimes Wins, Ganz demonstrates his own marvelous story telling skill ... Read more