Synopses & Reviews
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"Berman presents a comprehensive monograph that synthesizes the work of other historians and adds to it with ample archival research all with the Intermountain West. . . . Few historians have given Mountain West populists such thorough attention and Berman should be commended for that."
- Greg Hall, Western Historical Quarterly
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"The author deserves generous thanks not only for the information presented in this book but also for the possible effect of prompting readers to think about and compare bipartisan efforts in Congress which blurred the lines between the left and the right
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"Berman's highly readable text makes this an engrossing look into a fascinating chapter in American History and an important addition to the library of homegrown leftist political science. " - Bill Cunningham, Southwestern American Literature
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"The author deserves generous thanks not only for the information presented in this book but also for the possible effect of prompting readers to think about and compare bipartisan efforts in Congress which blurred the lines between the left and the right in the past with similar efforts today. When reading or using a book like
Radicalism in the Mountain West, you can feel confident you're in the competent hands of a master of his subject."
- Virginia McConnell Simmons, Colorado Central Magazine
Synopsis
Radicalism in the Mountain West, 1890-1920 traces the history of radicalism in the Populist Party, Socialist Party, Western Federation of Miners, and Industrial Workers of the World in Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico. Focusing on the populist and socialist movements, David R. Berman sheds light on American radicalism with this study of a region that epitomized its rise and fall. As the frontier industrialized, self-reliant pioneers and prospectors transformed into wage- laborers for major corporations with government, military, and church ties.
About the Author
David R. Berman is a senior research fellow at the Morrison Institute for Public Policy, a professor emeritus of political science at Arizona State University, and author of Reformers, Corporations, and the Electorate and Radicalism in the Mountain West, 1890-1920.