Ringing in the common love of good : the United Farmers of Ontario, 1914-1926 / Kerry A. Badgley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Badgley, Kerry, 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United Farmers of Ontario--History.

United Farmers of Ontario.

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

Ontario.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (314 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

By the mid-1920s the UFO had gone into a period of decline from which it never recovered. The promise of equality hoped for by UFWO members never materialized and the UFCC, once a key component in the development of an alternative vision, began to focus more on profits than on politics. In Ringing in the Common Love of Good Kerry Badgley explores both the rise and the fall of the UFO, focusing on the Ontario counties of Lambton, Simcoe, and Lanark. He challenges the liberal-capitalist interpretation that the movement was nothing more than a group of impatient Liberals, as well as the Marxist view that the UFO consisted of self-interested independent commodity producers. Badgley argues that as the UFO broke free from hegemonic forces it developed alternative economic, political, and social visions, but that it was these same forces, combined with internal struggles and a conservative leadership, that ultimately resulted in the decline of the movement as a vehicle for democratic change in Ontario.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Tables and Figures

Abbreviations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Historical and Statistical Profiles of Lambton, Simcoe, and Lanark Counties

Ringing out the Narrowing Lust of Gold and Ringing in the Common Love of Good: The Rise of the UFO

“Sane and Careful Administration”: The UFO Movement in Decline

"Citizens Instead of Wards": The United Farm Women of Ontario in Lambton, Simcoe, and Lanark Counties

"To Eliminate the Capitalist and Profiteer Is Simple": Agricultural Cooperatives in Lambton, Simcoe, and Lanark Counties

Conclusion

Appendices

UFO Members Identified in Plympton Township, Lambton County

UFO Members Identified in Bosanquet Township, Lambton County

UFO Members Identified in Enniskillen Township, Lambton County

UFO Members Identified in Warwick Township, Lambton County

UFO Members Identified in Brooke Township, Lambton County

UFO Members Identified in Moore Township, Lambton County

UFO Members Identified in Euphemia Township, Lambton County

UFO Members Identified in Oro Township, Simcoe County Oro Station UFO Club

UFO Members Identified in Oro Township, Simcoe County Rugby UFO Club

UFO Members Identified in Flos Township, Simcoe County Edenvale UFO Club

UFO Members Identified in Ramsay Township, Lanark County

UFO Members Identified in Drummond Township, Lanark County

UFO Members Identified in Montague Township, Lanark County

UFO Members Identified in Beckwith Township, Lanark County

UFO Members Identified in North Elmsley Township, Lanark County

UFO Members Identified in Lanark Township, Lanark County

Platform of the Lanark Progressive Committee

Federal and Provincial Election Results Lambton, Simcoe, and Lanark Counties

The Farmers’ Platform

Central UFWO Suggested Fall Meeting Program - 1925

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-298) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-85827-0

9786612858277

0-7735-6805-0

OCLC:

181843671