The rise of agrarian democracy the United Farmers and Farm Women of Alberta, 1909-1921 - Rennie, Bradford James (University of Toronto Press, 2000)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-269) and index
The forming of the movement, 1879-1909 -- The building of the movement, 1909-1913 -- The rural economy and the movement -- Creating and defining the community -- The building of the movement, 1914-1918 -- Co-operation in the movement -- Education in the movement -- The politicizing of the movement, 1919-1921 -- the philosophy of the post-war UFA/UFWA.
"The Rise of Agrarian Democracy is a work detailing one of the greatest agrarian and mass democratic movements in North American history. It describes the events leading to the formation of the United Farmers of Alberta in 1909 and explores the UFA's development over the next decade as farmers built a distinct 'movement culture, ' organized a large membership, and established the Untied Farm Women of Alberta. A path is laid from the farmers' inherited ideas and common experience, gender assumptions, class opposition, and agrarian ideals to a collective sense of responsibility, co-operation, and confidence. We follow the growth of a grassroots movement whose astonishing political success culminated in the election of the United Farmers of Alberta in 1921 and in their governing the province for over a decade." "More than an institutional study, this book examines an elemental period in Canadian democracy within the cultural, social, and community context at the core of the movement's inception. It contributes significantly to our understanding of the evolution and politicization of the Alberta farmers' movement and as such is an important investigation in western and agrarian history and economics." "This work is of interest of those studying co-operative movements worldwide. Brad Rennie provides insight into both reform movement and gender history in Canada."--Jacket
Keywords: United Farmers of Alberta / Histoire; United Farm Women of Alberta / Histoire; United Farmers and Farm Women of Alberta; United Farmers of Alberta; United Farm Women of Alberta; United Farmers of Alberta -- History; United Farm Women of Alberta -- History; Geschichte 1909-1921; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties; POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Canadian; Geschichte; Hochschulschrift