| | Map | p. ix |
| | Preface | p. xi |
| | Prologue | p. 1 |
| | The Grape Strike, September 1965-July 1970 | |
| | Huelga | p. 7 |
| | Showdown at DiGiorgio | p. 22 |
| | Out of the Fields, Into the Streets | p. 31 |
| | The Fast | p. 41 |
| | Please Don't Eat Grapes | p. 48 |
| | Making History | p. 58 |
| | Growing Pains, August 1970-April 1973 | |
| | Strike in the Salad Bowl of the World | p. 69 |
| | The Union Is Not La Paz | p. 80 |
| | Back to the Boycott | p. 94 |
| | War, Again, April 1973-June | |
| | Holy Week | p. 107 |
| | Fill the Jails | p. 121 |
| | The New Union | p. 128 |
| | Dark Days | p. 133 |
| | The Best Labor Law in the Country | p. 147 |
| | The New World, June 1975-March 1977 | |
| | Elections in the Fields | p. 159 |
| | Transitions | p. 172 |
| | The Crusades | p. 186 |
| | The Cultural Revolution | p. 197 |
| | A Movement or a Union?, April 1977-July 1978 | |
| | The Purges | p. 213 |
| | In the Trenches | p. 225 |
| | Visions Collide | p. 238 |
| | Up from the Fields, July 1978-January 1989 | |
| | Quiet Before the Storm | p. 255 |
| | The Dream Strike | p. 266 |
| | Victory in Salinas | p. 276 |
| | A Different Union | p. 284 |
| | You're With Us or Against Us | p. 294 |
| | Malignant Forces | p. 304 |
| | A Dream Deferred | p. 315 |
| | Epilogue | p. 326 |
| | Acknowledgments | p. 335 |
| | Notes | p. 337 |
| | Bibliography | p. 359 |
| | Index | p. 361 |