LEADER 04361nam 22006855 450 001 9910483065003321 005 20251113190609.0 010 $z9783030710125$b(print) 010 $a9783030710132$b(eBook) 010 $a3030710130 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-71013-2 035 $a(CKB)4100000011881093 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6546250 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6546250 035 $a(OCoLC)1246551954 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-71013-2 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011881093 100 $a20210409d2021 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBygone Utopias and Farm Protest in the Rural Midwest $eReturning Home /$fby Daniel Jaster 205 $a1st ed. 2021. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2021. 215 $a1 online resource (vii, 222 pages) $cillustrations 311 08$a9783030710125 311 08$a3030710122 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aChapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Social Change, Agency, and Resistance: The Cultural Double Movement and the Rural Midwest -- Chapter 3. Farmers? Protest: From Local Clubs to Third-Party Politics -- Chapter 4. Post-Populist Politics: Lobbying, Third Parties, and the Victories and Defeats of the New Repertoire -- Chapter 5. Returning Home -- Chapter 6. Collective Actions in the Gloaming: Enter Modernity -- Chapter 7. Social Change and Bygone Utopias: Refiguring What has Been Lost. 330 $aThis book explores those who long for ?bygone utopias,? times before rapid, culturally destructive social change stripped individuals of their perceived agency. The case of the wave of foreclosure protests that swept through the rural American Midwest during the 1930s illustrates these themes. These actions embodied a utopian understanding of agrarian society that had largely disappeared by the late 19th century: hundreds to thousands of people fixed public auctions of foreclosed farms, returning owners? property and giving them a second chance to save their farm. Comparisons to later movements, including the National Farmers? Organization and the protests surrounding the 1980s Farm Crisis highlight the importance of culturally catastrophic social change occurring at a breakneck pace in fomenting these types of bygone utopian actions. These activists and movements should cause scholars to re-think what it means to be conservative and how we view conservatism, helping us better understand why we?re seeing a contemporary resurgence in nationalist and reactionary movements across the globe. Daniel Jaster is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Eureka College, USA, and affiliated with the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work and a member at the Peace, War, and Social Conflict Laboratory at Texas Tech University. His research centers on social change: how people experience it, how they create it, and how they resist it. More specifically, he focuses on social theory, political sociology, and comparative-historical sociology, with emphases on utopias, sociological pragmatism, and social movement tactics/strategies. His work has appeared in journals such as Political Power and Social Theory, Mobilization, Social Movement Studies, Time and Society, and the Journal of Classical Sociology. 606 $aPolitical sociology 606 $aIndustrial sociology 606 $aSocial structure 606 $aEquality 606 $aUnited States$xHistory 606 $aPolitical Sociology 606 $aSociology of Work 606 $aSocial Structure 606 $aUS History 615 0$aPolitical sociology. 615 0$aIndustrial sociology. 615 0$aSocial structure. 615 0$aEquality. 615 0$aUnited States$xHistory. 615 14$aPolitical Sociology. 615 24$aSociology of Work. 615 24$aSocial Structure. 615 24$aUS History. 676 $a306.349 676 $a306.34909770904 700 $aJaster$b Daniel$0851610 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910483065003321 996 $aBygone utopias and farm protest in the rural Midwest$91901394 997 $aUNINA