César Chávez: A Selective Bibliography of Recent Works 1993-2005
Compiled by
Cecilia Puerto
Collective Works
Reference CT213 .A68 1999
American National Biography. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
Reference CT103 .C26 1994
The Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia. Second edition. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Reference CT213 .C36 1995
The Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography. England: Cambridge University Press, 1995.
Ref/Table 2 CT100 .C8 1993
Current Biography Yearbook. New York: H. W. Wilson. Obituary section located in the back of the volume.
Reference CT1343 .D53 1996
Dictionary of Hispanic Biography. Detroit: Gale Research, 1996. Biography contains portrait.
Ref/Table 2 CT213 .E53 1995
Encyclopedia of American Biography. New York: HarperCollins, 1996.
Reference HN57 .E594 2004 4 volumes
Encyclopedia of American Social Movements, NY: Sharpe Reference, 2004. Use the Biographical Index to locate biographies. Biography contains portrait.
Reference E169.12 .E49 2001
Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Culture. New York: Routledge, 2001.
Reference CT103 .E56 1998
Encyclopedia of World Biography. Detroit: Gale Research, 1998. Biography contains portrait.
4th Floor Books JC578 .N485 1996
Environmental Justice. A Reference Handbook. Santa Barbara, CA : ABC-CLIO, 1996.
Reference HC102 .G35 1999 2 volumes
Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History. Detroit: Gale Group, 1999. Biography contains portrait.
Reference E169.02 .H3515 1997
Hampton, Neil. The ABC-CLIO Companion to the 1960s Counterculture in America. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1997. Biography contains portrait.
Reference E184.S75 H557 2003
The Hispanic American Almanac. Detroit: Gale Group, 2003. Use the Index to locate biographies. Biography contains portrait.
3rd Floor Books HN65 .M38 1993
McGuire, William and Leslie Wheeler. American Social Leaders. Santa Barbara,
CA: ABC-CLIO, 1993. Biography contains portrait.
Reference E184.S75 M35 1997
Meier, Matt S. Notable Latino Americans. A Biographical Dictionary. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997.
Reference E184.S75 M49 2001
Meyer, Nicholas E. Biographical Dictionary of Hispanic Americans. New York: Facts on File, 2001.
Reference F591 .N46 1998
The New Encyclopedia of the American West. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1998.
Reference E174 .O94 2001
The Oxford Companion to United States History. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001.
Reference HM1281 .P76 1997
Protest, Power, and Change. An Encyclopedia of Nonviolent Action from ACT-UP
to Women's Suffrage. New York: Garland Publishing, 1997. Biography contains portrait.
Reference CT213 .S37 1998 v.3: 1991-1993
The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2001. Biography contains portrait.
Reference KF154 .W47 1998
West's Encyclopedia of American Law. Detroit: Thomson Gale, 2005. Biography contains portrait.
Reference E663 .W54 1993-96 Volume 11
Who Was Who in America. New Providence, N,.J.: Marquis-Who’s Who.
Reference E184.S75 W56 3rd ed. 1994-95
Who's Who among Hispanic Americans. Detroit: Gale Research, 1994. Obituaries section begins on page 887.
Books
Juvenile Coll 921 C512K94 2003
Krull, Kathleen. Harvesting Hope : The Story of César Chávez. San Diego: Harcourt, inc., 2003.
Coleccion Chicana HD6509.C48 F47 1997
Ferriss, Susan and Ricardo Sandoval. César Chávez and the Farmworkers Movement. New York : Harcourt Brace, 1997.
Coleccion Chicana HD6509.C48 G75 1995
Griswold del Castillo, Richard and Richard Garcia. César Chávez: A Triumph of Spirit. Norman, Okla.: University of Oklahoma Press, 1995.
Coleccion Chicana HD6509.C48 H36 1998
Hammerback, John C. and Richard J. Jensen. The Rhetorical Career of César Chávez. College Station : Texas A & M University Press, 1998.
Juvenile Coll 921 C512D26 1998
Davis, Lucile. César Chávez: A Photo-Illustrated Biography. Mankato, Minn.: Bridgestone Books, 1998.
Juvenile Coll 811 A536E38 2000
Anaya, Rudolfo A. Elegy on the Death of César Chávez El Paso, Tex. : Cinco Puntos Press, 2000.
Coleccion Chicana HD6509.C48 A25 2002
Chavez, Cesar. The Words of César Chávez. Edited by Jensen, Richard J. and John C. Hammerback. College Station : Texas A & M University Press, 2002.
Juvenile Coll 331 D439C37 1993
De Ruiz, Dana Catharine and Richard Larios. La Causa : The Migrant Farmworkers' Story. Austin : Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 1993.
Juvenile Coll 921 C512K9418 2003
Krull, Kathleen. Cosechando esperanza: la historia de César Chávez. San Diego : Harcourt, 2003.
Coleccion Chicana HD6509.C48 D35 2003
Dalton, Frederick John. The Moral Vsion of César Chávez. Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books, 2003.
Coleccion Chicana HD6509.C48 E88 2002
Etulain, Richard W. César Chávez: A Brief Biography with Documents. New York: Palgrave, 2002.
Coleccion Chicana HD6509.C48 R46 2000
McGregor, Ann. Remembering Cesar: The Legacy of César Chávez. Clovis, CA: Quill Driver Books, 2000.
Coleccion Chicana PS3554.R23725 F54 1999
Drake, Susan Samuels. Fields of Courage: Remembering César Chávez and the People Whose Labor Feeds Us. Santa Cruz, Calif.: Many Names Press, 1999.
Microforms Center J 1.14/2:C 51/Film reel 1-2
Reference/US J 1.14/2:C 51/guide
FBI File on César Chávez and United Farm Workers. Wilmington, Del.: Scholarly Resources, 1995.
3rd Floor Books HD6509.C48 I52 1994
Carrasco, José A. and Randall C. Jimenez (Eds.). In Memory of César Chávez, 1927-1993. San José, CA: San José State University, 1994.
Articles
Ganz, Marshall. “Resources And Resourcefulness: Strategic Capacity in the Unionization of California Agriculture, 1959-1966.” American Journal of Sociology 2000 105(4): 1003-1062.
Garcia, Richard A. “César Chávez: A Personal and Historical Testimony.” Pacific Historical Review 1994 63(2): 225-233.
Garza de Cortes, Oralia. “César Chávez and La Causa: Books for Children and Teenagers.” MultiCultural Review 4:1 (Mar 1995): 28-31.
Griswold del Castillo, Richard and Richard Garcia, Richard. “César Chávez: A Life of Courage, Struggle, and Commitment.” San Jose Studies 1994 20(2): 15-31.
_____________. “César Estrada Chávez: The Final Struggle.” Southern California Quarterly 1996 78(2): 199-214.
Gutierrez, Jose Angel. “César Chávez Estrada: The First and Last of the Chicano Leaders.” San Jose Studies 1994 20(2): 32-44.
Hammerback, John C. “The Words of César Chávez, Teacher of Truth.” San Jose Studies 1994 20(2): 10-14.
____________ and Richard J. Jensen. “Ethnic Heritage As Rhetorical Legacy: The Plan Of Delano.” Quarterly Journal of Speech 1994 80(1): 53-70.
Lyons-Barrett, Mary. “Post-war Improvements for Children Working in Commercialized Agriculture.” Journal of Latino-Latin American Studies, 1:2 (Spring 2004), 33-47.
Mariscal, Jorge. “Negotiating César: César Chávez in the Chicano Movement.” Aztlán, 29:1 (Spring 2004), 21-56.
Mendel-Reyes, Meta. “Remembering César.” Radical History Review 1994 (58): 142-150.
Mendez-Negrete, Josephine. “We Remember César Chávez: A Catalyst for Change.”
San Jose Studies 1994 20(2): 71-83
Rodriguez, Rosa Maria and Arturo Villarreal. “The UFW Strategies.” San Jose Studies 1994 20(2): 63-70.
Sahl, Ted. “United Farm Workers' Twentieth Anniversary (1982).” San Jose Studies 1994 20(2): 45-48.
Street, Richard Steven. “The FBI's Secret File on César Chávez.” Southern California Quarterly 1996 78(4): 347-384.
Wells, Miriam J. and Don Villarejo. “State Structures and Social Movement Strategies: The Shaping of Farm Labor Protections in California.” Politics & Society 2004 32(3): 291-326.
Media
Media Center VTC-572
The Fight in the Fields: César Chávez and the Farmwokers' Struggle. Directed by Telles, Ray.; Tejada-Flores, Rick. San Francisco, CA : Paradigm Productions, 1997.
Doctoral and Masters' Theses**
Dalton, Frederick John. The Moral Vision of César E. Chávez: An Examination of his Public Life from an Ethical Perspective. Ph.D. GRADUATE THEOLOGICAL UNION, 1998.
Ganz, Marshall Louis. Five Smooth Stones: Strategic Capacity in the Unionization of California Agriculture. Ph.D., HARVARD UNIVERSITY, 2000.
Grace, Ellen. La Causa Para La Raza: The Educative Processes and Development of Knowledge in the United Farm Workers from 1962 to 1970. Ph.D. VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY, 1998.
Jimenez, Edward Rucobo, A Critical Analysis of Newspaper Coverage of César Chávez’s Death. M.A. CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO, 1995.
Prouty, Marco Glen. César Chávez and the Catholic Civil War, 1965--1977 (California)
Ph.D , THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA, 2005.
Watt, Alan J. The Religious Dimensions in the Farm Worker Movement. Ph.D. VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, 1999.
Zompetti, Joseph P. César Chávez’s Rhetorical Strategies of Resistance. Ph.D. WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY, 1998.
** These are not in the SDSU Library but can be requested through Interlibrary Loan.
Web Resources
UFW - Official Web Page of the United Farmworkers of AmericaThe Fight in the Fields
CLNET
Digital History
Compiled March 1, 2006
