
In Essentials, Unity
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In Essentials, Unity takes as its focus Grange founder Oliver Kelley and his home organization in Minnesota. Jenny Bourne draws upon numerous historical records to present a lively picture of a fraternal organization devoted to improving the lot of farmers but whose legacies extend far beyond agriculture. From struggles over minimum wage, birth control, and environmental regulation to the conflicts surrounding the Affordable Care Act, and from lunch-counter sit-ins to Occupy Wall Street, the Grange has shaped the very notion of collective action and how it is deployed even today. As this compact book so effectively illustrates, the history of the Patrons of Husbandry exposes the classic tension between the desires for achieving overall economic success and determining how the spoils are split.
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"This compact volume merges the economic and legal history of the Grange movement (originally known as the Patrons of Husbandry) and the Grange's role in the history of American agriculture....Summing Up: Recommended." (CHOICE) "[This book] reinvigorates thinking about the Grange at a time when the association's commitment to active citizenship and challenging monopoly capitalism is as important and relevant as ever....In Essentials, Unity is a brief introduction to a vitally important movement that too few of us remember." (Journal of American History)More details
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- Intro
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Series Editors' Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. "Our Agricultural Brotherhood": Origins, Purposes, and Structure
- 2. The Granger Railroad Laws
- 3. The Grange's Ambitious Experiments with Private Cooperation
- 4. The Grange as a Fraternal, Educational, and Charitable Organization: The Minnehaha Grange as a Case Study
- 5. Legacies of the Grange: Its Influence on Grassroots Organizations and American Law
- Notes
- References
- Index
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