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Author Wilkison, Kyle Grant, 1960-

Title Yeomen, sharecroppers, and Socialists : plain folk protest in Texas, 1870-1914 / Kyle G. Wilkison.

Imprint College Station : Texas A & M University Press, c2008.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  307.7208694 W659y 2008    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description x, 297 p. ; 24 cm.
Series Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest ; [no. 30]
Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest ; no. 30.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-287) and index.
Contents Introduction -- From homeplace to no place: the changing Texas economy, 1870-1910 -- Farmers and wealth distribution in Hunt County, Texas, 1870-1910 -- "A legitimate and useful life": family, work, and community -- "The same class of people": cohesion and conflict -- "The land shall not be sold forever": land and God in 1910s Texas -- "Whose planet is this anyway?": land and the politics of dissent -- Conclusion -- Appendix A. Tables for Chapter 2 -- Appendix B. Tables for Chapter 3 -- Appendix C. Methods for Chapter 3 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Subject Rural poor -- Texas -- Hunt County.
Rural poor -- Texas -- Hunt County -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Rural poor -- Texas -- Hunt County -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Group identity -- Texas -- Case studies.
Land tenure -- Texas.
Farm tenancy -- Economic aspects -- Texas.
Hunt County (Tex.) -- Rural conditions.
Religion and culture -- Texas.
Texas -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950.
Agriculture and politics -- Texas.
ISBN 9781603440653 (cloth : alk. paper)
1603440658 (cloth : alk. paper)
Standard No. 2817886

 
    
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