"Argues that rural land and labor activism extend back to 1920s, at least in São Paulo state. Details interaction of rural workers with Vargas state, the Partido Comunista Brasileiro, Catholic Church, and other actors, and workers' responses to repression after 1964. Important antidote to...

"Analyzes the development of the movement for agrarian reform in Brazil, and attempts to explain the major moments of change in its growth trajectory, from the late 1970s to 2006" - Provided by publisher

The racial and labor landscapes of the Salinas Valley before World War II --Racial meeting grounds and battlegrounds during wartime, 1941-1947 --Bound in tension : Mexican Americans, braceros, and undocumented migrants, 1947-1960 --The community service organization, 1953-1963 --A town full of...

Birth of a movement -- Capitalism in reverse -- Workers of the world, unite! -- Stuck in the middle -- A bitter harvest -- Busy dying -- Rotting from the inside out -- Some were more equal than others -- Epilogue: Beyond the legend