Greenbackers, Knights of Labor, and populists : farmer-labor insurgency in the late-nineteenth-century South / Matthew Hild.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hild, Matthew

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Knights of Labor.

Labor unions--Political activity--Southern States--History--19th century.

Labor unions.

Labor unions--Political activity.

Populism.

History.

Southern States.

Working class--Political activity--Southern States--History--19th century.

Working class.

Working class--Political activity.

Farmers--Political activity--Southern States--History--19th century.

Farmers.

Farmers--Political activity.

Populism--Southern States--History--19th century.

Southern States--Race relations--History--19th century.

Race relations.

Physical Description:

viii, 327 pages : maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Athens : University of Georgia Press, [2007]

Contents:

Agrarian discontent and political dissent in the South, 1872-1882

Building the Southern farmer and labor movements, 1878-1886

The Knights of Labor and Southern farmer-labor insurgency, 1885-1888

Toward a third party in the South and nation, 1889-1892

Southern labor and Southern populism, 1892-1896

Southern farmer and labor movements after the populist defeat of 1896.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-318) and index.

Local Notes:

Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon Hackney.

ISBN:

9780820328973

0820328979

OCLC:

76073579