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History of Utah Radicalism : Startling, Socialistic, and Decidedly Revolutionary.

Utah, now one of the most conservative states, has a long tradition of left-wing radicalism. Early Mormon settlers set a precedent with the United Order and other experiments with a socialistic economy. The tradition continued into the more recent past with New Left, anti-apartheid, and other radica...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McCormick, John S.
Otros Autores: Sillito, John R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Logan : Utah State University Press, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: "The Better Land of Socialism": Utah's Radical Roots--Mormons, Godbeites, Liberals, Knights of Labor, and Populists; Chapter 2: "Everyone Is Invited to Come and Hear about the New Gospel": An Overview of Socialism in Utah; Chapter 3: "The Destruction of Love Is the Very Genius of the Competitive System": The Rhetoric of Utah Socialism; Chapter 4: A Future "Living in the Light of a Better Day": The Membership of Utah's Socialist Party; Chapter 5: "The Gospel of Jesus and the Gospel of Marx": Christian Socialism in Utah.
  • Chapter 6: "Abolishing the Capitalist System through the Ballot": Respectable Reformers--Utah Socialists in Power, 1900-1925Chapter 7: "The House Was Full, and the Band Was Out, and a Lively Time Prevailed": Utah's Socialist Culture; Chapter 8: "Socialists, with Their Tireless Activity, Distributed Thousands of Copies of Their Papers": Utah's Socialist Press; Chapter 9: "The Socialist Department of the Morning Examiner--Conducted by the Socialist Party of Ogden"; Chapter 10: "I Listened to Your Lecture and Have Been an Agitator for Socialism Ever Since": Socialist Speaking in the Public Sphere.
  • Chapter 11: "Chase Socialism and the Expression of Socialist Ideas from the Streets": The Right of Socialists to Speak and the Politics of Public Space; Chapter 12: "Our Constant Effort Is to Keep Our People from Joining Such Organizations": The Mormon Church's Campaign against Socialism--Part I; Chapter 13: The Mormon Church's Campaign against Socialism--Part II: The Defense of Capital and the Construction of a Capitalist Ideology; Afterword: "It Was All Wrong. It All Had to Change. It All Had to Stop": Radicalism in Utah since 1920; Index.