Paths of resistance : tradition and dignity in industrializing Missouri / David Thelen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thelen, David P. (David Paul)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic history.

Missouri--Economic conditions.

Missouri.

Missouri--Social conditions.

Missouri--Politics and government--1865-1950.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (332 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1986.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The years between 1865 and 1920 were eventful ones for the sake of Missouri. It was not only the time of Jesse James, Scott Joplin, and Mark Twain, of progressive governors Joseph Folk and Herbert Hadley, of the first general strike in St. Louis and some especially vicious vigilante activity, it was also the time when Missouri, like many other states, was being transformed by the tides of industrialism and economic growth. This social history examines the social and economic forces that resisted economic development in Missouri. Here, Thelen explores the various ways that people attempted to m

Contents:

CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I. THE INTEGRATION OF LIFE IN THE OLD ORDER; PART II. CREATION OF THE NEW ORDER; PART III. PRIMITIVE RESISTANCE TO THE NEW ORDER; PART IV. THE CULTURAL WAR; PART V. MUTUAL AID; PART VI. THE SEARCH FOR SECURITY IN THE NEW WORKPLACES; PART VII. POLITICAL RESISTANCE IN THE NEW ORDER; A Note on Sources; Notes; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliography: p. 275-310 and index.

ISBN:

1-280-45093-2

1-4237-3839-X

0-19-536511-9

1-60129-588-X

OCLC:

191038016