{"product_id":"lettuce-wars-ten-years-of-work-and-struggle-in-the-fields-of-california-paperback","title":"Lettuce Wars: Ten Years of Work and Struggle in the Fields of California - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBruce Neuburger\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1971, Bruce Neuburger--young, out of work, and radicalized by the 60s counterculture in Berkeley--took a job as a farmworker on a whim. He could have hardly anticipated that he would spend the next decade laboring up and down the agricultural valleys of California, alongside the anonymous and largely immigrant workforce that feeds the nation. This account of his journey begins at a remarkable moment, after the birth of the United Farm Workers union and the ensuing uptick in worker militancy. As a participant in organizing efforts, strikes, and boycotts, Neuburger saw first-hand the struggles of farmworkers for better wages and working conditions, and the lengths the growers would go to suppress worker unity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart memoir, part informed commentary on farm labor, the U.S. labor movement, and the political economy of agriculture, \u003ci\u003eLettuce Wars\u003c\/i\u003e is a lively account written from the perspective of the fields. Neuburger portrays the people he encountered--immigrant workers, fellow radicals, company bosses, cops and goons--vividly and indelibly, lending a human aspect to the conflict between capital and labor as it played out in the fields of California.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBruce Neuburger\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eLettuce Wars\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003ci\u003eTen Years of Work and Struggle in the Fields of California\u003c\/i\u003e and also its Spanish translation, \u003ci\u003eGuerras de Lechuga\u003c\/i\u003e. His writing and is influenced by years working on farms and in factories, as a cab driver, an ESL teacher and a video arts instructor, and reflects a worldview both shaped by the great social justice movements of the 1960s, and his experiences as a child of Holocaust survivors from Germany,\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 350\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.07 x 9.25 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43143450656903,"sku":"9781583673324","price":39.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/Lxd4PdyrKJ9781583673324.webp?v=1756889412","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/lettuce-wars-ten-years-of-work-and-struggle-in-the-fields-of-california-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}