LEADER 03490oam 22004694a 450 001 9910793809203321 005 20221107222531.0 010 $a1-4962-2005-6 010 $a1-4962-2003-X 035 $a(CKB)4100000010103461 035 $a(OCoLC)1137040431 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse81417 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6020912 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000010103461 100 $a20190705d2020 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Great Oklahoma Swindle$eRace, Religion, and Lies in America's Weirdest State /$fRussell Cobb 210 1$aLincoln :$cUniversity of Nebraska Press,$d[2020] 210 3$aBaltimore, Md. :$cProject MUSE,$d2020 210 4$dİ[2020] 215 $a1 online resource 311 $a1-4962-0998-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aVoyage to Dementiatown -- You're not doing fine, Oklahoma -- The road to hell in Indian territory -- Where the hell is Oklahoma anyway? -- The long goodbye to Oklahoma's small-town Jews -- Okies in the promised land -- Among the tribe of the wannabes -- Backward, Christian soldier -- Keeping Oklahoma weird -- Cursed? -- The fire that time -- Uncommon commons. 330 $a"Look down as you buzz across America, and Oklahoma looks like another ?flyover state.? A closer inspection, however, reveals one of the most tragic, fascinating, and unpredictable places in the United States. Over the span of a century, Oklahoma gave birth to movements for an African American homeland, a vibrant Socialist Party, armed rebellions of radical farmers, and an insurrection by a man called Crazy Snake. In the same era, the state saw numerous oil booms, one of which transformed the small town of Tulsa into the ?oil capital of the world.? Add to the chaos one of the nation?s worst episodes of racial violence, a statewide takeover by the Ku Klux Klan, and the rise of a paranoid far-right agenda by a fundamentalist preacher named Billy James Hargis and you have the recipe for America?s most paradoxical state. Far from being a placid place in the heart of Flyover Country, Oklahoma has been a laboratory for all kinds of social, political, and artistic movements, producing a singular list of weirdos, geniuses, and villains. In The Great Oklahoma Swindle Russell Cobb tells the story of a state rich in natural resources and artistic talent, yet near the bottom in education and social welfare. Raised in Tulsa, Cobb engages Oklahomans across the boundaries of race and class to hear their troubles, anxieties, and aspirations and delves deep to understand their contradictory and often stridently independent attitudes. Interweaving memoir, social commentary, and sometimes surprising research around the themes of race, religion, and politics, Cobb presents an insightful portrait that will make you rethink everything you thought you knew about the American Heartland." -- Publisher's description. 606 $aCollective memory$zOklahoma 607 $aOklahoma$xReligious life and customs 607 $aOklahoma$xSocial conditions 607 $aOklahoma$xHistory 615 0$aCollective memory 676 $a976.6 700 $aCobb$b Russell$f1974-$01524653 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910793809203321 996 $aThe Great Oklahoma Swindle$93765639 997 $aUNINA