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OverviewThis book is the first devoted entirely to an examination of working-class activism, broadly defined as that of farmers’ organizations, labor unions, and (often biracial) political movements, in Arkansas during the Gilded Age. On one level, Hild argues for the significance of this activism in its own time: had the Arkansas Democratic Party not resorted to undemocratic, unscrupulous, and violent means of repression, the Arkansas Union Labor Party would have taken control of the state government in the election of 1888. He also argues that the significance of these movements lasted beyond their own time, their influence extending into the biracial Southern Tenant Farmers’ Union of the 1930s, the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, and even today’s Farmers’ Union and the United Mine Workers of America. The story of farmer and labor protest in Arkansas during the late nineteenth century offers lessons relevant to contemporary working-class Americans in what some observers have called the “new Gilded Age. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Matthew HildPublisher: University of Missouri Press Imprint: University of Missouri Press Weight: 0.492kg ISBN: 9780826221667ISBN 10: 0826221661 Pages: 212 Publication Date: 30 November 2018 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsNot only a unique contribution to Arkansas history but also, I think, a significant addition to what we know of protest movements nationally during the late nineteenth century. --Carl H. Moneyhon, Professor of History, University of Arkansas-Little Rock; author of Arkansas and the New South, 1874-1929 Author InformationMatthew Hild earned a Ph.D. from the Georgia Institute of Technology. His books deal with the New South, politics, labor, agriculture, race, and economics. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |