{"product_id":"oil-wheat-wobblies-the-industrial-workers-of-the-world-in-oklahoma-19051930-9780806130057","title":"Oil  Wheat  \u0026 Wobblies: The Industrial Workers of the World in Oklahoma  19051930","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Industrial Workers of the World  or Wobblies  a radical labor union  played an important role in Oklahoma between the founding of the union in 1905 and its demise in 1930. In Oil  Wheat  \u0026amp; Wobblies  Nigel Anthony Sellars describes IWW efforts to organize migratory harvest hands and oil-field workers in the state and relationships between the union and other radical and labor groups such as the Socialist Party and the American Federation of Labor. Focusing on the emergence of migratory labor and the nature of the work itself in industrializing the region  Sellars provides a social history of labor in the Oklahoma wheat belt and the mid-continent oil fields. Using court cases and legislation  he examines the role of state and federal government in suppressing the union during World War I. Oil  Wheat  \u0026amp; Wobblies concludes with a description of the IWW revival and subsequent decline after the war  suggesting that the decline is attributable more to the unions failure to adapt to postwar technological change  its rigid attachment to outmoded tactics  and its internal policy disputes  than to political repression.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45924483399733,"sku":"ByrdShop_0806130059","price":239.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780806130057.jpg?v=1787672803","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/oil-wheat-wobblies-the-industrial-workers-of-the-world-in-oklahoma-19051930-9780806130057","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}