Democratic Promise: The Populist Moment in America, Volume 10Oxford University Press, 1976 - 718 pages "This book is about the decline of freedom in America," Lawrence Goodwyn writes, and he then proceeds to overturn three generations of historical literature on Populism and to cast a radically new light on what he calls the undemocratic "progressive society" of twentieth-century America. Designed as a protest against special privilege and the growing despotism of industrialism, Populism brought together farmer and worker, black and white. The agrarian revolt began in Texas in the 1870s, spread throughout the South and Midwest, and reached its apex as the People's Party in the early 1890s, dedicated to a fundamental restructuring of finance capitalism and the American banking system. The movement was exploited in William Jennings Bryan's 1896 presidential bid and then disintegrated, leaving us with a word--"populist"--Which is today much used and misused.--Publisher's description. |
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Page 87
... Western torrent . That torrent had no apparent source ; it seemed to have materialized from an unknown well - spring concealed somewhere in the Great Plains . The revolt in the West had simply " happened " -times were hard . So the ...
... Western torrent . That torrent had no apparent source ; it seemed to have materialized from an unknown well - spring concealed somewhere in the Great Plains . The revolt in the West had simply " happened " -times were hard . So the ...
Page 154
... Western farmers . Yet , in some parts of the West , this new form of cooperative - insurgency did not immediately take hold , a cir- cumstance that led to an uneven growth of agrarian organiza- tion in the Western plains . The Illinois ...
... Western farmers . Yet , in some parts of the West , this new form of cooperative - insurgency did not immediately take hold , a cir- cumstance that led to an uneven growth of agrarian organiza- tion in the Western plains . The Illinois ...
Page 161
... Western plains into an organizational cul de sac and leave the Northwestern Alliance a skimpy repository of few and transitory members . " Apparently emboldened by stories of Alliance growth in Texas and the Dakotas , George attempted ...
... Western plains into an organizational cul de sac and leave the Northwestern Alliance a skimpy repository of few and transitory members . " Apparently emboldened by stories of Alliance growth in Texas and the Dakotas , George attempted ...
Contents
PART ONE THE TIDE RISING | 1 |
The Coming of the Farmers Alliance | 25 |
The Emergence of Alliance Radicalism | 51 |
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