A Populist Assault: Sarah E. Van De Vort Emery on American Democracy, 1862-1895Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1982 - 146 pages Sarah E. Van De Vort Emery, a Michigan woman transplanted from the Finger Lakes region of New York, was for many years a voice for Populism in the late 19th century. Emery was a woman who believed and acted on her beliefs that freedom and the flowering of the human potential should not five way to the demands of the "money power." |
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... published The American Series , a list of works on reform which included Seven Financial Conspiracies , Seven Financial Conspiracies ( in German ) , Imperialism in America and The Corner Stone ( all of these by Sarah ) ; in addition ...
... published The American Series , a list of works on reform which included Seven Financial Conspiracies , Seven Financial Conspiracies ( in German ) , Imperialism in America and The Corner Stone ( all of these by Sarah ) ; in addition ...
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... published in 1887 , with later editions in 1892 and 1894 and numerous additional printings , sold an enviable 400,000 copies25 and was translated into German . Imperialism in America , published in 1892 , sold a still impressive 50,000 ...
... published in 1887 , with later editions in 1892 and 1894 and numerous additional printings , sold an enviable 400,000 copies25 and was translated into German . Imperialism in America , published in 1892 , sold a still impressive 50,000 ...
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... published seven years earlier has become identified as the leading book espousing Populist principles . Harvey's book dealt exclusively with the silver issue . He argued for free silver and cleverly illustrated and dramatized his text ...
... published seven years earlier has become identified as the leading book espousing Populist principles . Harvey's book dealt exclusively with the silver issue . He argued for free silver and cleverly illustrated and dramatized his text ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 1 |
The Person in Her Time and Place | 7 |
Her Assault on the Economic Order | 31 |
Copyright | |
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