The populist vision [electronic resource] / Charles Postel.
Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.Description: xiv, 397 p. : illISBN:- 0195176502 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780195176506 (cloth : alk. paper)
- Capitalism -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Farmers -- United States -- Political activity -- History -- 19th century
- Middle class -- United States -- Political activity -- History -- 19th century
- Populism -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Social movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Working class -- United States -- Political activity -- 19th century
- United States -- Economic conditions -- 1865-1918
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1900
- United States -- Social conditions -- 1865-1918
- 973.8 22
- E661 .P67 2007eb
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-377) and index.
Modern times -- I: Farmers -- Push and energy : boosterism and rural reform -- Knowledge and power : machinery of modern education -- A better woman : independence of thought and action -- A farmers' trust : cooperative economies of scale -- II: Populists -- Business politics : state models and political frameworks -- Race progress : shaping a new racial order -- Confederation : urban, labor, and nonconformist reform -- Shrine of science : innovation in populist faith -- Conclusion : populist defeat and its meaning.
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