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Book SynopsisThese essays explore a wide range of topics in Missouri social history. By dealing with the lives of ordinary Missourians, these pieces examine the effects of significant social and economic change. It demonstrates how Missourians have been affected by issues of race, class, and gender.
Trade ReviewThe book contains some extremely well-researched and convincingly argued essays that make a significant contribution to the scholarship in Missouri history. - Katharine T. Corbett; ""The Other Missouri History is an interesting volume, and it makes an important scholarly contribution. Based on sound research, the essays provide new perspectives on the history of Missouri."" - Jeffrey S. Adler
Table of ContentsEditor's Introduction by Thomas M. Spencer; The Ractal Politics of Reconstruction in Ralls County, Missouri, 1865-1870 by Gregg Andrews; ""The Great Struggle against the Forces of Evil"": The Bald Knobbers, Anti-Bald Knobbers, Politics, and the Culture of Violence in the Ozarks, 1860-1890 by Thomas M. Spencer; ""None but Regular Men Need Apply"": Race, Citizenship, and the Origins of Organized Labor in Antebellum St. Louis by Daniel A. Graff; Postwar Urban Renewal in St. Louis: Race, Power, and the Building Industry by Deborah J. Henry; Comfortably Settled: The Failure of Alliance/Populism in Northern Missouri by Michael Steiner; Private Struggles and Public Action: Survival Strategies of Farm Laborers in the Missouri Bootheel, 1900-1958 by Bonnie Stepenoff; Doing Good and Doing Well: The Runcie Club of St. Joseph by Janice Brandon-Falcone; Mothers and Pations: Women, Identity, and Reform in Missouri's Lead Belt, 1900-1923 by Robert Faust; Fallen Women Prostitution and Reform in Kansas City, 1880-1930 by Amber Clifford
