The climax of populism : the election of 1896 / Robert F. Durden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Durden, Robert Franklin, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Populist Party (U.S.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 p.)

Place of Publication:

[Lexington, Kentucky] : University of Kentucky Press, 1965.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Rarely has a third political party in the United States exerted a force upon national events comparable to that of the Populists during the 1890's. This force reached its climax in the presidential race of 1896, when the national reforms epitomized in the cry for free silver were at issue. Yet despite a number of recent studies, confusion and error regarding the Populists in the crucial election of 1896 still persist.Robert F. Durden, by extensive use of the papers of Marion Butler, Populist senator from North Carolina and national chairman of the party during the campaign, sheds new light upon

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Preface; Contents; 1. The Crisis for Populism; 2. The St. Louis Convention; 3. The Campaign: First Phase; 4. The Campaign: Final Phase; 5. Defeat and Aftermath; Note on Sources; Index;

Notes:

Includes index.

"Note on sources": p. [171]-181.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813186016

0813186013

9780813162652

0813162653

OCLC:

577486040