Oklahoma's Depression Radicals: IRA M. Finley and the Veterans of Industry of America by Hendrickson Jr, Kenneth E.

Oklahoma's Depression Radicals: IRA M. Finley and the Veterans of Industry of America (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780820412955)

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Oklahoma's Depression Radicals: IRA M. Finley and the Veterans of Industry of America by Hendrickson Jr, Kenneth E.

Oklahoma's Depression Radicals: IRA M. Finley and the Veterans of Industry of America

$49.95
Oklahoma's Depression Radicals: IRA M. Finley and the Veterans of Industry of America by Hendrickson Jr, Kenneth E.

Oklahoma's Depression Radicals: IRA M. Finley and the Veterans of Industry of America

$49.95
Format: Hardcover
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The Veterans of Industry of America presented a radical agenda for dealing with the Great Depression in Oklahoma. Its primary organizer and only president was Ira M. Finley, a former Socialist and state legislator. Although poorly funded, the VIA played a major role in campaigning for old age pensions, a graduated land tax, and homestead exemptions. Unusual for Oklahoma political organizations in the thirties, it welcomed black members, and championed the rights of WPA workers through grievance committees. Composed largely of unemployed and semi-employed farmers and laborers, the organization peaked early in 1940 and faded rapidly during World War II.
This book presents a cogent narrative and analysis of the rise and fall of the VIA.

Author: Kenneth E. Hendrickson Jr,Prof Patrick E McGinnis
ISBN-10: 0820412953
ISBN-13: 9780820412955
Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
Language: English
Published: 07/01/1991
Pages: 196
Format: Hardcover
By Kenneth E. Hendrickson Jr
By Kenneth E. Hendrickson Jr
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The Author: Patrick E. McGinnis is a native of Arkansas, who received his Ph.D. from Tulane University. Since 1968 he has been a Professor of History at Central State University in Edmond, Oklahoma, where he has specialized in the study and teaching of twentieth-century American political history. He is an active member of several professional historical organizations, and has also worked as a professional broadcast journalist. This is his first book.

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