Texas patrons of husbandry: geography, social contexts, and voting behavior

Historians of the post-Civil War South have long noted the rapid rise and dramatic decline in the 1870s of the Patrons of Husbandry or the Grange. In Texas, membership in the Grange declined by more than two-thirds by 1885. A study of the Texas State Grange is presented focusing on the socioeconomic...

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Published in:	Agricultural history 1989-10, Vol.63 (4), p.36-55
Main Authors:	Baum, D. (Texas AandM University), Calvert, R.A
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	19th century Agricultural techniques Agriculture ANIMAL HUSBANDRY METHODS Censuses Corporate profiles Cotton Crop economics Crops Earth sciences Farm economics GEOGRAFIA GEOGRAPHIE GEOGRAPHY HISTOIRE HISTORIA HISTORY History of science and technology Human action METHODE D'ELEVAGE METODOS DE CRIANZA PLANT PRODUCTION Political parties Population estimates PRODUCCION VEGETAL PRODUCTION VEGETALE RACES RURAL SOCIOLOGY SOCIOLOGIA RURAL SOCIOLOGIE RURALE TEXAS Voter behavior Voter turnout Voting
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Summary:	Historians of the post-Civil War South have long noted the rapid rise and dramatic decline in the 1870s of the Patrons of Husbandry or the Grange. In Texas, membership in the Grange declined by more than two-thirds by 1885. A study of the Texas State Grange is presented focusing on the socioeconomic environment underlying the movement, membership and voting preferences.
ISSN:	0002-1482 1533-8290