Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
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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Print version record |
Subject |
Radicalism -- West (U.S.) -- History
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Populism -- West (U.S.) -- History
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Politics and government
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Populism
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Radicalism
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West (U.S.) -- Politics and government
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West United States
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2007024033 |
ISBN |
9781457110917 |
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1457110911 |
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9781457109836 |
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1457109832 |
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9781607320067 |
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1607320061 |
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