@article{718408,
      author = {Pawel, Miriam,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/718408},
      title = {The crusades of Cesar Chavez : a biography /},
      abstract = {The author draws on thousands of documents and interviews  to examine the myths and achievements marking the life of  the iconic Latino labor leader and civil rights activist,  portraying him as a flawed but brilliant strategist who was  often at odds with himself. Cesar Chavez founded a labor  union, launched a movement, and inspired a generation. He  rose from migrant worker to national icon, becoming one of  the great charismatic leaders of the 20th century. Two  decades after his death, Chavez remains the most  significant Latino leader in U.S. history. Yet his life  story has been told only in hagiography, until now. In this  biography of Chavez, the author offers a searching yet  empathetic portrayal. Chavez emerges here as a visionary  figure with tragic flaws; a brilliant strategist who  sometimes stumbled; and a canny, streetwise organizer whose  pragmatism was often at odds with his elusive, soaring  dreams. He was an experimental thinker with eclectic  passions, an avid, self-educated historian and a disciple  of Gandhian non-violent protest. This biography deepens our  understanding of one of Chavez's most salient qualities:  his profound humanity. The author traces Chavez's  remarkable career as he conceived strategies that empowered  the poor and vanquished California's powerful agriculture  industry, and his later shift from inspirational leadership  to a cult of personality, with tragic consequences for the  union he had built. This book reveals how this most  unlikely American hero ignited one of the great social  movements of our time.--Publisher information.},
      recid = {718408},
      pages = {548 pages, 32 pages of plates :},
}