Yeomen, sharecroppers, and Socialists : plain folk protest in Texas, 1870-1914 / Kyle G. Wilkison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilkison, Kyle Grant, 1960-

Series:

Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest ; no. 30.

Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest ; no. 30

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rural poor--Texas--Hunt County.

Rural poor.

Rural poor--Texas--Hunt County--Social conditions--19th century.

Rural poor--Texas--Hunt County--Social conditions--20th century.

Group identity--Texas--Case studies.

Group identity.

Land tenure--Texas.

Land tenure.

Farm tenancy--Economic aspects--Texas.

Farm tenancy.

Agriculture and politics.

Religion and culture.

Farm tenancy--Economic aspects.

Social conditions.

Hunt County (Tex.)--Rural conditions.

Hunt County (Tex.).

Religion and culture--Texas.

Texas--Politics and government--1865-1950.

Texas.

Politics and government.

Agriculture and politics--Texas.

Texas--Hunt County.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

x, 297 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2008]

Contents:

Introduction

From homeplace to no place: the changing Texas economy, 1870-1910

Farmers and wealth distribution in Hunt County, Texas, 1870-1910

"A legitimate and useful life": family, work, and community

"The same class of people": cohesion and conflict

"The land shall not be sold forever": land and God in 1910s Texas

"Whose planet is this anyway?": land and the politics of dissent

Conclusion

Appendix A. Tables for Chapter 2

Appendix B. Tables for Chapter 3

Appendix C. Methods for Chapter 3

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [271]-287) and index.

ISBN:

9781603440653

1603440658

OCLC:

213407387