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Burn down your cities and leave our farms , and your cities will spring up again as if by magic ; but v destroy our farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country . My friends , we declare that this nation is ...
Burn down your cities and leave our farms , and your cities will spring up again as if by magic ; but v destroy our farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country . My friends , we declare that this nation is ...
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“ In 1889 , out of 1,500,000 people living in New York City , 1,100,000 dwelt in tenement - houses . " At the same time farm - lands , east and west , had fallen , in twenty - five years , to one - third or one - half their cost .
“ In 1889 , out of 1,500,000 people living in New York City , 1,100,000 dwelt in tenement - houses . " At the same time farm - lands , east and west , had fallen , in twenty - five years , to one - third or one - half their cost .
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... and was finally set aside for another scheme , less “ socialistic . ” In 1929 Congress passed and the president signed a law for the creation of an appointive federal farm board , one of whose 82 TWENTIETH CENTURY INTERPRETATIONS.
... and was finally set aside for another scheme , less “ socialistic . ” In 1929 Congress passed and the president signed a law for the creation of an appointive federal farm board , one of whose 82 TWENTIETH CENTURY INTERPRETATIONS.
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Contents
Populist Ideology | 7 |
A Cross of Gold | 23 |
Utopian Conceptions | 29 |
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| Title | Myth and Reality in the Populist Revolt Volume 567 of Basic concepts in history and social science |
| Author | John C. Matlon |
| Editors | Edwin Charles Rozwenc, John C. Matlon |
| Publisher | Heath, 1966 |
| Length | 112 pages |
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