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Every society is held together by a myth system , a complex of dominant thought - forms that determines and sustains all its activities . All social relations , the very texture of our society , are myth - born and myth - sustained .
Every society is held together by a myth system , a complex of dominant thought - forms that determines and sustains all its activities . All social relations , the very texture of our society , are myth - born and myth - sustained .
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All land now held by railroads and other corporations in excess of their actual needs , and all lands now owned by aliens , should be reclaimed by the government and held for actual settlers only . Resolved , 1.
All land now held by railroads and other corporations in excess of their actual needs , and all lands now owned by aliens , should be reclaimed by the government and held for actual settlers only . Resolved , 1.
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... that it was human nature to go to pieces about once in so often , and that this sort of disintegration was altogether preferable any hard and fast system that held it together by the cohesion of moral principles .
... that it was human nature to go to pieces about once in so often , and that this sort of disintegration was altogether preferable any hard and fast system that held it together by the cohesion of moral principles .
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Contents
Populist Ideology | 7 |
A Cross of Gold | 23 |
Utopian Conceptions | 29 |
Copyright | |
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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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