Mob Rule in the Ozarks: The Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad Strike, 1921-19

Description: Mob Rule in the Ozarks by Kenneth C. Barnes In this book, Kenneth C. Barnes documents how the M&NA Railroad strike in 1923 reflected some of the major economic concerns that preoccupied the United States in the wake of World War I, and created a rupture within communities of the Ozarks that would take years to heal. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description On January 15, 1923, a crowd of more than a thousand angry men assembled in Harrison, Arkansas, near the headquarters of the M&NA Railroad, which ran through the heart of the Ozark Mountains. The mob was prepared to use any measure necessary to end the strike of railroad employees that had dragged on for nearly two years, endangering livelihoods and businesses in an area with few other means of transportation. Supported by local officials, the mob terrorized strikers and sympathizers—many were stripped and beaten, and one man was lynched, hanged from the railroad bridge south of town. Over the next several days, similar riots broke out in other towns along the M&NA line, including Leslie and Heber Springs. This violence effectively brought to a close one of the longest rail strikes in American history—the only one, in fact, ended by a mob uprising. In Mob Rule in the Ozarks, Kenneth C. Barnes documents how the M&NA Railroad strike reflected some of the major economic concerns that preoccupied the United States in the wake of World War I, and created a rupture within communities of the Ozarks that would take years to heal. The conflict also foreshadowed, for both the region and the country, the pendulums swing back to moneyed interests, away from Progressive Era gains for labor. Poignantly for Barnes, who sees parallels between this historic struggle and present-day political tensions, the strike revealed the fragile line between civil order and mob rule. Author Biography Kenneth C. Barnes is distinguished professor emeritus of history at the University of Central Arkansas. He is the author of Who Killed John Clayton? Political Violence and the Emergence of the New South, 1861–1893 and Anti-Catholicism in Arkansas: How Politicians, the Press, the Klan, and Religious Leaders Imagined an Enemy, 1910–1960. For his most recent book, The Ku Klux Klan in 1920s Arkansas, Barnes garnered his third J. G. Ragsdale Book Award in Arkansas History. Review "Mob Rule in the Ozarks is a rare achievement, a page-turning, blood-boiling work of history that pulls the hoods off the architects of past vigilante violence to help us understand our perilous present moment." --Guy Lancaster, author of American Atrocity: The Types of Violence in Lynching and editor of the online CALS Encyclopedia of Arkansas"Kenneth Barness deft analysis of the violence and repressive aspects of the 1921-23 railroad strike in the Arkansas Ozarks sheds necessary light on a class conflict that impacted the region for decades. Highlighting the KKKs role in crushing the strike, Barnes provides additional evidence that the Klan served the interests of bosses, not workers. Mob Rule in the Ozarks is an original, first-rate study." --Chad Pearson, author of Capitals Terrorists: Klansmen, Lawmen, and Employers in the Long Nineteenth Century Details ISBN1682262626 Author Kenneth C. Barnes Pages 304 Publisher University of Arkansas Press Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781682262627 Format Paperback Publication Date 2024-12-02 Imprint University of Arkansas Press Subtitle The Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad Strike, 1921-1923 Audience General Place of Publication Fayetteville Country of Publication United States US Release Date 2024-12-02 ISBN-10 1682262626 UK Release Date 2024-12-02 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161601380;

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