Working Class Radicals [[electronic resource] ] : The Socialist Party in West Virginia, 1898-1920

• Autore: Barkey Frederick A
• Pubblicazione: Morgantown, : West Virginia University Press, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (315 p.)
• Disciplina: 324.2754/074
• Soggetto topico: Socialism -- West Virginia -- History; Socialist parties -- West Virginia -- History; Socialism - History - West Virginia; Socialist parties - History - West Virginia
• Altri autori: FONES-WOLFKEN
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; West Virginia and Appalachia Series Page; Dedication; Contents; Foreword: West Virginia's Socialists: Recovering a Radical Working Class; Roots of Socialism in West Virginia; Growth and Appeal; A Socialist Profile: Leaders and Rank and File; Socialism at High Tide; Socialism in Decline; Conclusion; Notes; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Notes; The Origins Of West Virginia Socialism: 1898-1904; The Wheeling Roots of West Virginia Socialism; The Spread of Socialist Politics; Coal Miners Adopt the Red Flag; Coal Strike of 1902 ; The Growth And Appeal Of The West Virginia Socialist Movement: 1905-1911 Responding to a New World of Work; Capturing the Labor Movement; Creating a Socialist Culture; The Susceptibility of the West Virginia Working-Class Leadership to the Appeal of Socialism; "We Had The Revolution": The West Virginia Socialist Party At Its Peak: 1912-1915; The Mine Wars Begin; Pockets of Socialism: The 1912 Election; Martial Law, Violence, and Henry Hatfield; Of Socialists, Miners, Wobblies, and Militants; Socialism in Other Industries; The Fruits of Revolution: The 1914 Election; Socialism at High Tide ; The Decline of the West Virginia Socialist Party: 1915-1920 Crippling Laws and Union Factionalism; The 1916 Election; The Perils of Peace and War; Bolsheviks and Mountaineers: The Red Scare in West Virginia; Opportunities Lost: The 1920 Non-Partisan Political Campaign; Technological Change and the Decline of Trade Union Strength for the West Virginia Socialist Party; Conclusion; A Forty-Year Retrospective; Appendix A; Table I: Socialist Leadership Sample; Table II: Non-Socialist Leadership Sample; Table III: Central Labor Body Positions Held by West Virginia Socialist Party Members; Appendix B ; Table I: Comparison of Socialist Vote: National and State of West Virginia Table II: Comparative Analysis of Congressional Votes 1904-1920; Table III: Municipalities And Districts in West Virginia Electing Socialists to Office: 1910-1915; Table IV: High Socialist Voting Districts and Precincts in Fayette County: 1908, 1912, 1916; Notes; Chapter I; Chapter II; Chapter III; Chapter IV; Chapter V; Chapter VI; Conclusion; Bibliography; Books; Government Publications; Interviews; Manuscript Collections; Pamphlets; Periodicals: Articles; Periodicals: Newspapers; Proceedings; Unpublished Materials ; IndexAbout Fred Barkey; About Ken Fones-Wolf; About Gordon Simmons; Back Cover
• Titolo autorizzato: Working Class Radicals
• ISBN: 1-935978-46-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910788378303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: WEST VIRGINIA & APPALACHIA