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Author Berman, David R.

Title Radicalism in the mountain West, 1890-1920 : socialists, populists, miners, and Wobblies / David R. Berman
Published Boulder : University Press of Colorado, ©2007
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Contents Overview -- Coming together : the populist protest -- Moving left : stopping the trains -- Fusion, decline, transition -- Party building : bravery in the face of triumph -- Promoting the miners' agenda -- Party progress : the 1904 election -- The WFM, Big Bill, and the Wobblies -- The red special, elections, and free speech -- Thunder stealing, respect, and relevance -- Going local : water and sewer socialism -- The rising and falling tide : conditions of the parties -- Pitching the battle : Ludlow, Hill, Duncan, and Hunt -- Slipping, but holding on : in the legislature -- War and repression : the law of necessity -- Concluding note : Aftermath and legacy
Summary Radicalism in the Mountain West, 1890-1920 traces the history of radicalism in the Populist Party, Socialist Party, Western Federation of Miners, and Industrial Workers of the World in Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico. Focusing on the populist and socialist movements, David R. Berman sheds light on American radicalism with this study of a region that epitomized its rise and fall. As the frontier industrialized, self-reliant pioneers and prospectors transformed into wage- laborers for major corporations with government, military, and church ties. Economi
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Radicalism -- West (U.S.) -- History
Populism -- West (U.S.) -- History
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Politics and government
Populism
Radicalism
SUBJECT West (U.S.) -- Politics and government
Subject West United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2007024033
ISBN 9781457110917
1457110911
9781457109836
1457109832
9781607320067
1607320061