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... of great combinations , who loaned it back to them again , secured by mortgages ; and , as the pressure of the same robbery still continued , they at last lost their homes by means of the very wealth they had themselves produced .
... of great combinations , who loaned it back to them again , secured by mortgages ; and , as the pressure of the same robbery still continued , they at last lost their homes by means of the very wealth they had themselves produced .
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If you were here you would sympathize with them , as I do in their strikes ; but I think that you too would feel that these were not the means to achieve the ends they seek , and that higher wages and fewer hours were not the solution .
If you were here you would sympathize with them , as I do in their strikes ; but I think that you too would feel that these were not the means to achieve the ends they seek , and that higher wages and fewer hours were not the solution .
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This position is exceedingly interesting , for it starts from the recognition that technology provides the means for the liberation of man : “ I have heard it asserted that the printing Press , telegraph , etc. have educated the masses ...
This position is exceedingly interesting , for it starts from the recognition that technology provides the means for the liberation of man : “ I have heard it asserted that the printing Press , telegraph , etc. have educated the masses ...
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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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