{"product_id":"when-sunflowers-bloomed-red-9781496216236","title":"When Sunflowers Bloomed Red","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen Sunflowers Bloomed Red\u003c\/i\u003e provides a synopsis of a Kansas style of radical tradition and shows how the Great Plains agrarian movement transformed and coalesced with socialist and syndicalist political movements to influence politics and culture in the twentieth century and beyond.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eWhen Sunflowers Bloomed Red\u003c\/i\u003e] does important work in recovering Kansas radicalism beyond the populists and deserves a wide readership.\"—John W. McKerley, \u003ci\u003eNew Mexico Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The research shines through in this valuable body of work, which is a reminder of this overlooked story of socialism in the Sunflower State.\"—K. A. Mahajan, \u003ci\u003eChronicles of Oklahoma\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eWhen Sunflowers Bloomed Red\u003c\/i\u003e is a welcome addition to the history of the American Midwest that should have appeal to students, scholars, and general readers.\"—Greg Hall, \u003ci\u003eAnnals of Iowa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eWhen Sunflowers Bloomed Red\u003c\/i\u003e is a carefully researched and thoughtfully written history of socialism in Kansas. It offers a model for understanding both the popularity of socialism in mid-America and the reasons why it ultimately failed to mount an effective challenge to industrial capitalism. Perhaps most importantly, the book serves as a reminder that the economic system so many Americans now see as natural was highly contested for much of the early twentieth century.\"—Michael Pierce, \u003ci\u003eMissouri Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eWhen Sunflowers Bloomed Red\u003c\/i\u003e is bound to serve for years to come as an indispensable resource for scholars, teachers, and students interested in broadening their understanding of the immense impact that radical left-wing political movements had in Kansas in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.\"—Chase M. Billingham, \u003ci\u003eKansas History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“R. Alton Lee and Steve Cox weave radical movements into an intricate web that reveals their vibrancy, their successes, and their failures. Ever a hotbed of radical thought and radical people, Kansas, often before the rest of the nation, embraced the equality of women, the need to organize and protect laborers and farmers, and the common sense of municipal ownership of utilities. \u003ci\u003eWhen Sunflowers Bloomed Red\u003c\/i\u003e gives Kansas its rightful place as a center of alternative thinking about democracy in these United States; it serves as both guide and inspiration.”—Thomas Fox Averill, professor emeritus of English, Washburn University of Topeka, and first director, Center for Kansas Studies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e List of Tables\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Capitalistic Socialist\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Empathetic Socialist\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Female Socialists\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Mining Socialists\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Successful Socialists\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Wobblies\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Losing Socialists\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Depression Radicals\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409227358551,"sku":"9781496216236","price":22.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781496216236.jpg?v=1730506039","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/when-sunflowers-bloomed-red-9781496216236","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}