Democratic Vistas: Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal

Abstract

Reviewsments diminished, and the populists, socialists, and neopopulists were crushed and forgotten.Closing the Frontier depicts the ruthlessness of those who developed the last of the Great Frontiers.It indicates that radicalism had considerable appeal for an exploited agrarian class and that Oklahoma socialists were more committed than previous studies have demonstrated.Thompson utilizes oral interviews, radical newspapers, and letters to the editors of farm journals, as well as the basic historical monographs.The comparative analysis of major works on Oklahoma history is also valuable.While the overall prose and organization are occasionally disjointed, the book is a significant contribution in understanding the evolution and impact of radical movements in a frontier state where the concentration of socialists as well as the percentage of tenant farmers was greater than in any other state.