Agrarian socialism in America : Marx, Jefferson, and Jesus in the Oklahoma countryside, 1904-1920 / Jim Bissett. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bissett, Jim, 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Socialist Party of Oklahoma.

Indiahoma Farmers' Union.

Socialism--Oklahoma--History--20th century.

Socialism.

Oklahoma--Politics and government--20th century.

Oklahoma.

Socialism--Oklahoma--20th century.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 249 p. ) ill., maps ;

Place of Publication:

Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Why was Oklahoma, of all places, more hospitable to socialism than any other state in America? In this provocative book, Jim Bissett chronicles the rise and fall of the Socialist Party of Oklahoma during the first two decades of the twentieth century, when socialism in the United States enjoyed its golden age."--Jacket.

Contents:

Introduction

Farmers and Sooners : life in the promised land

Experimenting in collective action : the Indiahome Farmers' Union, 1904-1906

Coercion and co-optation : the demise of the Indiahome Farmers' Union, 1906-1907

The remaking of the Socialist Party of Oklahoma, 1907-1912

"The real gospel of Christ" : the religion of socialism in Oklahoma

Power and insurgency : Democrats and the socialist movement, 1910-1916

The politics of crisis : the destruction of the Socialist Party of Oklahoma, 1917-1920

Uncertain legacy : visible failures and hidden achievements

Appendix A: A comment on the success of crop withholding

Appendix B: Selected listing of prominent Oklahoma socialist ministers.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-8061-7006-9