Paths of Resistance

Tradition and Dignity in Industrializing Missouri

By: David R. Thelen

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Hardcover | 1 December 1986

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The years between 1865 and 1920 were eventful ones for the sake of Missouri. It was not only the time of Jesse James, Scott Joplin, and Mark Twain, of progressive governors Joseph Folk and Herbert Hadley, of the first general strike in St. Louis and some especially vicious vigilante activity, it was also the time when Missouri, like many other states, was being transformed by the tides of industrialism and economic growth. This social history examines the social and economic forces that resisted economic development in Missouri. Here, Thelen explores the various ways that people attempted to maintain their values and dignity in the face of overwhelming new economic, cultural, and political pressures, and analyzes the grassroots patterns that emerged in response to rapid social change. Thelen, who is one of the leading historians of the Progressive period in America, contends that people found their strength not in class solidarity or other Marxist responses but in what he
calls "the resistance of folk memories", which allowed them to call upon the best elements of their collective past to help them cope with the new situation.

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"[This] is a fine study...a book to read and contend with."--American Historical Review "His controversial thesis will encourage reassessment of Missouri's contribution to modern America."--History "The product of thorough and creative scholarship....Filled with gems of historical analysis."--Journal of Southern History "Superb....Well-documented and persuasively argued."--Indiana Magazine of History "Bold and provocative....Thelen reaches new and novel conclusions about the rise of the Show Me State."--Hayes Historical Journal

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Introduction	p. 3
The Integration of Life in the Old Order	p. 9
Traditional Values and the Old Order	p. 11
The Land, the Rivers, and the People	p. 11
The Traditional Unity of Life and Work	p. 13
Family, Community, and the Variations of Culture	p. 17
Politics and Government	p. 21
Creation of the New Order	p. 25
The Engine of Growth	p. 27
Expanding the Market	p. 29
The Developers of Agriculture	p. 35
The New Insecurities	p. 44
The Invisible Hand	p. 45
The New Tools	p. 47
The New Competitors	p. 51
The New Authorities and Secularism	p. 55
Primitive Resistance to the New Order	p. 57
The Law, Outlaws, and Railroads	p. 59
The Civil War and the Crisis of Law and Authority	p. 59
The Battle over Railroad Bonds	p. 62
Jesse James, America's Classic Social Bandit	p. 70
The Great Strike of 1877 and Ownership of Law	p. 77
Communities, Economic Development, and Vigilantes	p. 86
The Bald Knobbers of the 1880s	p. 87
Race and Class War in the Bootheel	p. 92
The Cultural War	p. 101
Discipline and Self-Discipline	p. 103
Economic and Military Compulsions	p. 103
The Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Children	p. 108
The Democratic Culture of Escape and Ragtime	p. 117
Mutual Aid	p. 131
The Protections of Church, Race, and Language	p. 133
Immigrant Cultures and Mutual Aid	p. 134
Segregation, Racial Control, and Mutual Aid	p. 139
White Protestants and the Crises of Conduct and Control	p. 146
The Fraternal and Cooperative Ethic of Mutual Aid	p. 156
The Search for Security in the New Workplaces	p. 173
The Economic Organization of the New Order	p. 175
The Organization of Business	p. 175
The Organization of the Professions	p. 182
The Organization of Labor	p. 189
Political Resistance in the New Order	p. 201
Traditional Resistance, Populism, and the Limits of Politics	p. 205
Traditional Resistance and the Limits of Politics	p. 205
Populism and the Limits of Politics	p. 211
The Consumer Revolt and the Grass-Roots Origins of the Missouri Idea	p. 217
The Consumer Revolt	p. 219
Bribery and the Local Origins of the Missouri Idea	p. 231
The Missouri Idea and State Politics	p. 238
The Folk Administration and the Flowering of the Missouri Idea	p. 238
The Changing Context of Popular Control	p. 251
The Decline of the Missouri Idea and the Rise of Regulation	p. 254
Epilogue	p. 266
The Problem of Cutting Distance: Structure	p. 268
The Problem of Cutting Distance: Participation	p. 270
Winning, Losing, and Democracy	p. 272
A Note on Sources	p. 275
Notes	p. 278
Index	p. 311
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