Myth and Reality in the Populist Revolt |
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This static relationship of myth to changing social conditions can be seen in the development of an agrarian myth in the American imagination. During the nineteenth century hundreds of thousands of pioneer farmers moved westward every ...
This static relationship of myth to changing social conditions can be seen in the development of an agrarian myth in the American imagination. During the nineteenth century hundreds of thousands of pioneer farmers moved westward every ...
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Nevertheless there are many social scientists and philosophers who are convinced that myth - making is a universal human habit , shared by civilized as well as primitive men . We need only to remember that again and again in human ...
Nevertheless there are many social scientists and philosophers who are convinced that myth - making is a universal human habit , shared by civilized as well as primitive men . We need only to remember that again and again in human ...
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Thus , the problem that we shall be exploring in this volume is suggested by the following questions : Was Populism a progressive social force based on the realities of an industrial society ? Or was it a nostalgic appeal to an agrarian ...
Thus , the problem that we shall be exploring in this volume is suggested by the following questions : Was Populism a progressive social force based on the realities of an industrial society ? Or was it a nostalgic appeal to an agrarian ...
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Contents
Populist Ideology | 7 |
A Cross of Gold | 23 |
Utopian Conceptions | 29 |
Copyright | |
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