Populism in the South revisited : new interpretations and new departures / edited by James M. Beeby.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Beeby, James M., 1969-

Charles D. Dickey, Jr., Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Populism--Southern States--History--19th century.

Populism.

Political culture.

History.

Working class--Political activity.

Southern States--Politics and government--1865-1950.

Southern States.

Politics and government.

Working class--Political activity--Southern States--History--19th century.

Working class.

Southern States--Race relations--Political aspects--History--19th century.

Race relations.

Political culture--Southern States--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

xxi, 234 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2012]

Contents:

Introduction : populism in the American South / James M. Beeby

"The race cry doesn't scare us"

or does it? : populism and race in Grant Parish, Louisiana / Joel Sipress

"Workingmen's democracy" in the deep South : the Knights of Labor in Georgia politics, 1884-1892 / Matthew Hild

"Of whom shall the third party be composed?" : urban laborers and the origins of the People's Party in Dallas, Texas / Alicia E. Rodriquez

Agrarian rebel, industrial workers : Tom Watson and the prospects of a farmer-labor alliance / Michael Pierce

"Hard times is the cry" : debt in populist thought in North Carolina / David Silkenat

Reconceptualizing Black populism in the New South / Omar H. Ali

Creating a New South : the political culture of deep South populism / Lewie Reece

"[T]he angels from heaven had come down and wiped their names off the registration books" : the demise of grassroots populism in North Carolina / James M. Beeby

Agrarian producerism after populism : socialism and Garveyism in the rural South / Jarod Roll.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Charles D. Dickey, Jr., Fund.

ISBN:

1617032255

9781617032257

9781617032332

1617032336

OCLC:

730906465

Publisher Number:

99947642422