McKinley, Bryan, and the PeopleLippincott, 1964 - 222 pages In 1896 William Jennings Bryan represented free-silver and the farm tradition of the Jeffersonian Democrats; Republican McKinley represented big business and industry. Professor Glad discusses in detail the economic issues, the personalities of the candidates, the rise of the Populist party, regional forces, the rural-urban conflict, campaign strategy, and the voting patterns. He examines the implications of McKinley's triumph, and the emergence of new forces and new voices which became more powerful in the twentieth century. |
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... developed . Yet the fact is that railroads became increasingly im- portant as carriers in the latter part of the nineteenth century . For farmers out on the plains they were , indeed , the sole means of transportation . Clearly ...
... developed . Yet the fact is that railroads became increasingly im- portant as carriers in the latter part of the nineteenth century . For farmers out on the plains they were , indeed , the sole means of transportation . Clearly ...
Page 89
... developed into a fiasco , Coxey and other leaders of his army were arrested ; they were convicted of carrying banners on the Capitol grounds and of walking on the grass . If there had only been the marches of industrial armies to report ...
... developed into a fiasco , Coxey and other leaders of his army were arrested ; they were convicted of carrying banners on the Capitol grounds and of walking on the grass . If there had only been the marches of industrial armies to report ...
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... developed in the United States . Bryan offered free silver as a remedy for chronic depression and unfair prices . It would correct , so he and his followers believed , a major flaw in what was potentially a successful economic system ...
... developed in the United States . Bryan offered free silver as a remedy for chronic depression and unfair prices . It would correct , so he and his followers believed , a major flaw in what was potentially a successful economic system ...
Contents
Of Myths and Men | 13 |
Myths and Realities | 32 |
Farmers Organize | 51 |
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