R. Alton Lee is a professor emeritus of history at the University of South Dakota. He is the author of The Bizarre Careers of John R. Brinkley and T-Town on the Plains.

"Lee provides a compelling narrative of Kansas labor. Building on the accounts of other writers, Professor Lee further illuminates the story of the state's wage earners. He skillfully weaves Kansas politics into the fabric of the labor movement and puts this in a national context. Professor Lee has written a synthesis that captures the rich heritage of Kansas labor history."—Ralph Scharnau, Kansas History "Historians of the sunflower state have long valorized the agricultural roots of Kansas while largely overlooking the contributions of working men and women to the region's history. In this thorough and well-researched study, Lee attempts to redress this gap in historical knowledge and trade the development of the political, cultural, and economic boundaries that came to divide farmers from wage earners. The volume admirably documents the development of this antagonistic relationship while also providing a detailed outline of labor history in Kansas. . . . Lee successfully explores workers' struggles in the railroad industry, mining, itinerant farm labor, aeronautics, defense, oil, and meatpacking."—Margaret C. Wood, Great Plains Quarterly

• One The Labor Problem Develops; Two An Uncommon Governor; Three The Apogee of Liberal Labor Legislation; Four The Wobblies Arrive; Five A Kansas D'Artgnan; Six New Deal Labor Policy; Seven The Greatest War; Eight Farmer Against Laborer; Nine Conclusions

R. Alton Lee is a professor emeritus of history at the University of South Dakota. He is the author of The Bizarre Careers of John R. Brinkley and T-Town on the Plains.

"Lee provides a compelling narrative of Kansas labor. Building on the accounts of other writers, Professor Lee further illuminates the story of the state's wage earners. He skillfully weaves Kansas politics into the fabric of the labor movement and puts this in a national context. Professor Lee has written a synthesis that captures the rich heritage of Kansas labor history."—Ralph Scharnau, Kansas History "Historians of the sunflower state have long valorized the agricultural roots of Kansas while largely overlooking the contributions of working men and women to the region's history. In this thorough and well-researched study, Lee attempts to redress this gap in historical knowledge and trade the development of the political, cultural, and economic boundaries that came to divide farmers from wage earners. The volume admirably documents the development of this antagonistic relationship while also providing a detailed outline of labor history in Kansas. . . . Lee successfully explores workers' struggles in the railroad industry, mining, itinerant farm labor, aeronautics, defense, oil, and meatpacking."—Margaret C. Wood, Great Plains Quarterly

• One The Labor Problem Develops; Two An Uncommon Governor; Three The Apogee of Liberal Labor Legislation; Four The Wobblies Arrive; Five A Kansas D'Artgnan; Six New Deal Labor Policy; Seven The Greatest War; Eight Farmer Against Laborer; Nine Conclusions

R. Alton Lee is a professor emeritus of history at the University of South Dakota. He is the author of The Bizarre Careers of John R. Brinkley and T-Town on the Plains.

"Lee provides a compelling narrative of Kansas labor. Building on the accounts of other writers, Professor Lee further illuminates the story of the state's wage earners. He skillfully weaves Kansas politics into the fabric of the labor movement and puts this in a national context. Professor Lee has written a synthesis that captures the rich heritage of Kansas labor history."—Ralph Scharnau, Kansas History "Historians of the sunflower state have long valorized the agricultural roots of Kansas while largely overlooking the contributions of working men and women to the region's history. In this thorough and well-researched study, Lee attempts to redress this gap in historical knowledge and trade the development of the political, cultural, and economic boundaries that came to divide farmers from wage earners. The volume admirably documents the development of this antagonistic relationship while also providing a detailed outline of labor history in Kansas. . . . Lee successfully explores workers' struggles in the railroad industry, mining, itinerant farm labor, aeronautics, defense, oil, and meatpacking."—Margaret C. Wood, Great Plains Quarterly

• One The Labor Problem Develops; Two An Uncommon Governor; Three The Apogee of Liberal Labor Legislation; Four The Wobblies Arrive; Five A Kansas D'Artgnan; Six New Deal Labor Policy; Seven The Greatest War; Eight Farmer Against Laborer; Nine Conclusions