Working Class Radicals: The Socialist Party in West Virginia, 1898-1920

by Frederick A. Barkey

Book Overview

Working Class Radicals: The Socialist Party in West Virginia, 1898-1920 examines the rise and fall of organized socialism in West Virginia through an exploration of the demographics of membership, oral interview material gathered in the 1960s from party members, and the collapse of the party in the wake of the Paint Creek-Cabin Creek coal-mining strike of 1912.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1935978454
• ISBN13: 9781935978459
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: West Virginia University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"