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

In the fields -- Nonviolent protest and visions of betterment -- Community organizer -- The rise of the black eagle -- The Delano grape strike -- In the tumult -- Battleground in the fields -- Political prowess -- Viva la causa -- The reach of the reformer

The roots of decline : the AFL-CIO in the Meany years -- A new president, and a new decade -- Kirkland fights back : the 1981 Solidarity Day mass march -- From solidarity to defeat -- Defending what we have : survival and decline in Reagan's second term -- Partial détente : George H.W. Bush and...