Working Class Radicals: The Socialist Party in West Virginia, 1898-1920

Working Class Radicals: The Socialist Party in West Virginia, 1898-1920 examines the rise and fall of organized socialism in West Virginia through an exploration of the demographics of membership, oral interview material gathered in the 1960s from party members, and the collapse of the party in the wake of the Paint Creek-Cabin Creek coal-mining strike of 1912.

Author: Frederick A. Barkey
Publisher: West Virginia University Press
Published: 04/01/2012
Pages: 271
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9781935978459
ISBN10: 1935978454
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations
- History | United States | State & Local | South (AL,AR,FL,GA,KY,LA,MS,
- Political Science | Political Process | Political Parties

About the Author

Frederick A. Barkey is Professor Emeritus, Marshall University and Founder of the West Virginia Labor History Association. Ken Fones-Wolf is Professor of History and Stuart and Joyce Robbins Chair, West Virginia University.