The populist persuasion : an American history / Michael Kazin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kazin, Michael, 1948- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Populism--United States--History.

Populism.

United States--Politics and government--1865-1933.

United States.

United States--Politics and government--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (400 p.)

Edition:

Revised edition.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A penetrating account of populism in American politics, from the era of Thomas Jefferson to the era of William Jefferson Clinton.

Contents:

The Populist Persuasion

Contents

Acknowledgments

Author's Note To The Cornell Paperbacks Edition

Introduction: Speaking for the People

1. Inheritance

2. The Righteous Commonwealth of the Late Nineteenth Century

3. Workers as Citizens: Labor and the Left in the Gompers Era

4. Onward, Christian Mothers and Soldiers: The Prohibitionist Crusade

5. Social Justice and Social Paranoia: The Catholic Populism of Father Coughlin

6. The Many and the Few : The CIO and the Embrace of Liberalism

7. A Free People Fight Back: The Rise and Fall of the Cold War Right

8. Power to Which People? The Tragedy of the White New Left

9. Stand Up for the Working Man: George Wallace and the Making of a New Right

10. The Conservative Capture: From Nixon to Reagan

11. Spinning the People

Conclusion : A Language We Need?

A Note On Method

Notes

Good Reading

Index.

Notes:

Originally published: New York : BasicBooks, c1995.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [293]-370) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8014-5597-9

0-8014-5598-7

OCLC:

894509607