Historians have widely studied the late-nineteenth-century southern agrarian revolts led by such groups as the Farmers' Alliance and the People's (or Populist) Party. Much work has also been done on southern labor insurgencies of the same period, as kindled by the Knights of Labor and others. However, says Matthew Hild, historians have given only minimal consideration to the convergence of these movements.
Hild shows that the Populist (or People's) Party, the most important third party of the 1890s, established itself most solidly in Texas, Alabama, and, under the guise of the earlier...
Historians have widely studied the late-nineteenth-century southern agrarian revolts led by such groups as the Farmers' Alliance and the People's (...
Offers an examination of working-class activism, broadly defined as that of farmers' organisations, labour unions, and political movements, in Arkansas during the Gilded Age. On one level, Hild argues for the significance of this activism in its own time. He also argues that the significance of these movements lasted beyond their own time.
Offers an examination of working-class activism, broadly defined as that of farmers' organisations, labour unions, and political movements, in Arkansa...
The broad chronological sweep and comprehensive nature of Reconsidering Southern Labor History set this volume apart from any other collection on the topic. Presenting the latest trends in the study of the working-class South, this volume is a surprising revelation of the historical forces behind the labor inequalities inherent today.
The broad chronological sweep and comprehensive nature of Reconsidering Southern Labor History set this volume apart from any other collection on the ...
