The Tolerant Populists

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Contents Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the First Edition List of Abbreviations Part One: Populism Bastinadoed, and Some Caveats 1. The Populist as Monster 2. Revising the Revisionists Part Two: The Salad Days 3. Kansas in the Eighties I. The Ethnic Pattern II. Prohibition and Political Futility III. Economic Boom and Bust 4. “Agitate, Educate, Organize!” I. The Birth of the Alliance II. Goodbye, My Party, Goodbye 5. The People’s Party and Other People I. Fruits of Victory II. A Populist Profile III. Money Question or “Money Power”? IV. Englishmen and Jews V. Alien Land Part Three: The Political Years 6. Fusion and Victory I. An Arm-in-Arm Campaign II. Storms in the State House 7. Populism against Itself I. Fusion and Faction II. Women’s Suffrage, Prohibition, and the APA III. A Three-Ticket Race IV. Bleak Results 8. Free Silver and “Undesirable Classes” I. A Single-Issue Campaign II. The Literacy Test for Immigrants III. After Seven Lean Years 9. Denouement I. Jingoes and Humanitarians II. The 1898 Campaign III. And Afterward 10. Concluding Remarks Notes Bibliographical Note and Acknowledgments Index