The other Missouri history : populists, prostitutes, and regular folk / edited with an introduction by Thomas M. Spencer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Spencer, Thomas M. (Thomas Morris), 1967-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Missouri--History.

Missouri.

Missouri--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The essays in The Other Missouri History explore a wide range of topics in Missouri social history. By dealing with the lives of ordinary Missourians, these pieces examine the effects of significant social and economic change at all levels of society. With a broader scope in Missouri history than previous studies, this book demonstrates how Missourians have been affected by issues of race, class, and gender. Gregg Andrews's essay, "The Racial Politics of Reconstruction in Ralls County, 1865-1870," examines how race shaped the political culture in Ralls County during the Reconstruction Era. Andrews argues that race-baiting was used prominently by editors of the Ralls County Record to discredit Radicals in the county and was perhaps the most powerful political weapon that conservatives and later Democrats could use to gain the allegiance of voters. Farmers are another popular topic for those practicing the "other Missouri history." Michael J. Steiner's "The Failure of Alliance/Populism in Northern Missouri" provides insight into the economic and rhetorical reasons for the failure of Populism in Missouri. Steiner contends that white farmers in northern Missouri were happy with the status quo and rejected calls for radical reform and major change in the agricultural economy. Women began to become active in public life during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Janice Brandon-Falcone's "Constance Runcie and the Runcie Club of St. Joseph" examines the first two decades of an important women's club that still exists in St. Joseph, Missouri. Also included in The Other Missouri History are essays by Deborah J. Henry, Daniel A. Graff, Bonnie Stepenoff, Robert Faust, and Amber R. Clifford. Because of the diverse issues addressed, this volume will appeal to general readers of Missouri and Midwestern history, as well as to those who teach courses in history and have sought a supplemental text.

Contents:

The many acts of the small : an introduction to the other Missouri history / Thomas M. Spencer

The racial politics of reconstruction in Ralls County, 1865-1870 / Gregg Andrews

The bald knobbers, the anti-bald knobbers, politics, and the culture of violence in the Ozarks, 1860-1890 / Thomas M. Spencer

Race, citizenship, and the origins of organized labor in antebellum St. Louis / Daniel A. Graff

Race, power, and the building trades industry in postwar St. Louis / Deborah J. Henry

The failure of alliance/populism in northern Missouri / Michael J. Steiner

Survival strategies of farm laborers in the Missouri bootheel, 1900-1958 / Bonnie Stepenoff

Constance Runcie and the Runcie Club of St. Joseph / Janice Brandon-Falcone

Women, identity, and reform in Missouri's lead belt, 1900-1923 / Robert Faust

Prostitution and reform in Kansas City, 1880-1930 / Amber R. Clifford.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8262-6430-1

OCLC:

191929708