"The Beasts" -- Stirring the political pot -- Populists make their case and their mark -- Statehood and the path of reform -- Worker unrest, organization, and confrontations -- Rising tide -- Finishing up, looking ahead -- Reformers take charge -- Making and selling a constitution -- New regime -- Bringing in the voters -- Radicals at work -- Drawing the battle lines -- Going after Hunt -- Hunt, war, and Wobblies -- Aftermath
Summary
Politics, Labor, and the War on Big Business details the rise, fall and impact of the anticorporate reform effort in Arizona during the Progressive reform era, roughly 1890-1920. Drawing on previously unexamined archival files and building on research presented in his previous books, author David R. Berman offers a fresh look at Progressive heritage and the history of industrial relations during Arizona's formative period
