Agrarian radicalism's challenge to capitalism played a central role
in working-class ideology while making third parties and protest
movements a potent force in politics. Thomas Alter II follows three
generations of German immigrants in Texas to examine the evolution
of agrarian radicalism and the American and transnational ideas
that influenced it. Otto Meitzen left Prussia for Texas in the wake
of the failed 1848 Revolution. His son and grandson took part in
decades-long activism with organizations from the Greenback Labor
Party and the Grange to the Populist movement and Texas Socialist
Party. As Alter tells their stories, he analyzes the southern wing
of the era's farmer-labor bloc and the parallel history of African
American political struggle in Texas. Alliances with Mexican
revolutionaries, Irish militants, and others shaped an
international legacy of working-class radicalism that moved U.S.
politics to the left. That legacy, in turn, pushed forward economic
reform during the Progressive and New Deal eras. A rare look at the
German roots of radicalism in Texas, Toward a Cooperative
Commonwealth illuminates the labor movements and populist ideas
that changed the nation’s course at a pivotal time in its
history.
General
| Imprint: |
University of Illinois Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Working Class in American History |
| Release date: |
April 2022 |
| Authors: |
Thomas Alter
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| Dimensions: |
235 x 156 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
298 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-252-08636-6 |
| Categories: |
Books
Promotions
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| LSN: |
0-252-08636-8 |
| Barcode: |
9780252086366 |
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