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

Author/creator Wilkison, Kyle Grant, 1960-
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoCollege Station : Texas A&M University Press, ©2008.
Descriptionx, 297 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects
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.
Religion and culture--Texas.
Agriculture and politics--Texas.
Hunt County (Tex.)--Rural conditions.
Texas--Politics and government. --1865-1950.

SeriesElma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest ; no. 30
Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest ; no. 30. ^A419629
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [271]-287) and index.
LCCN 2008011036
ISBN9781603440653 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN1603440658 (cloth : alk. paper)

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