"Although much has been written about the urban-rural divide in America, the city of Salinas, California, like so many other places in the state and nation whose economies are based on agriculture, is at once rural and urban. For generations, Salinas has been associated with migrant farmworkers from different racial and ethnic groups. This broad-ranging history of "the Salad Bowl of the World" tells a complex story of community-building in a multiracial,...

"The illustrated companion book to the PBS documentary of the same name tells the story of the late leader of America's migrant farmworkers and the United Farm Workers Union, and their battle against the giant agribusinesses."--Publisher's description.

This four volume set documents the history of Factory No. 1 from its beginnings (1897-1899) until the main factory plant was razed at the end of the summer in 1993. With its imposing scale and architecture, the factory evoked the industrial strength of the United States during the 1900s. Factory No. 1 was significant in the local area as a catalyst for change in the agricultural patterns of the Salinas and Pajaro Valleys.

This four volume set documents the history of Factory No. 1 from its beginnings (1897-1899) until the main factory plant was razed at the end of the summer in 1993. With its imposing scale and architecture, the factory evoked the industrial strength of the United States during the 1900s. Factory No. 1 was significant in the local area as a catalyst for change in the agricultural patterns of the Salinas and Pajaro Valleys.

"A dramatic new history of Cesar Chavez and the rise and fall of the United Farm Workers. The slogan "Yes we can"--in the form "¡Sí Se Puede!"--doesn't originate with Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign. It goes back more than four decades to the heyday of the United Farm Workers, an organization that at its height won many labor victories, secured collective bargaining rights for California farm workers and became a major voice for the Latino...