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Agarian Socialism in America: Marx, Jefferson, and Jesus in the Oklahoma Countryside 1904-1920

Agarian Socialism in America: Marx, Jefferson, and Jesus in the Oklahoma Countryside 1904-1920 - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Jim BissettPublish date:1999-09-15Pages:272
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Oklahoma PressISBN-13:9780806134277ISBN-10:806134275UPC:9780806134277Book Category:Political Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:United StatesBook Topic:20th CenturySize:8.52 x 5.48 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.69Product ID:SC5F2CWQ23
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. To explain socialism's popularity in Oklahoma, Bissett looks back to the state's strong tradition of agrarian reform. Drawing most of its support from working farmers, the Socialist Party of Oklahoma was rooted in such well-established organizations as the Farmers Alliance and the Indiahoma Farmers' Union. And to broaden its appeal, the Party borrowed from the ideology both of the American Revolution and of Christianity. By making Marxism speak in American terms, the author argues, Party activists counteracted the prevailing notion that socialism was illegitimate or un-American. Jim Bissett is Associate Professor of History at Elon College, North Carolina.
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Oklahoma PressISBN-13:9780806134277ISBN-10:806134275UPC:9780806134277Book Category:Political Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:United StatesBook Topic:20th CenturySize:8.52 x 5.48 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.69Product ID:SC5F2CWQ23
Bissett, Jim: - Jim Bissett is Associate Professor of History at Elon College, North Carolina. He is the author of Agrarian Socialism in America: Marx, Jefferson, and Jesus in the Oklahoma Countryside, 1904-1920 (OU Press, 2002).
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

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