Bygone Utopias and Farm Protest in the Rural Midwest Returning Home
This book explores those who long for “bygone utopias,” times before rapid, culturally destructive social change stripped individuals of their perceived agency. The case of the wave of foreclosure protests that swept through the rural American Midwest during the 1930s illustrates these themes. These...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2021, 2021
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2021 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Chapter 2. Social Change, Agency, and Resistance: The Cultural Double Movement and the Rural Midwest
- Chapter 3. Farmers’ Protest: From Local Clubs to Third-Party Politics
- Chapter 4. Post-Populist Politics: Lobbying, Third Parties, and the Victories and Defeats of the New Repertoire
- Chapter 5. Returning Home
- Chapter 6. Collective Actions in the Gloaming: Enter Modernity
- Chapter 7. Social Change and Bygone Utopias: Refiguring What has Been Lost