Democratic Promise: The Populist Movement in America

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Presents a major reinterpretation of the most important American reform movement of the late 19th century. Introduction The Tide Rising The Tide Receding Afterword Appendices A Critical Essays on Authorities Acknowledgments Index Introduction Contents Part One: The TIde Rising 1. Creating An Alliance of Farmers I. Prelude to Populism: Discovering the Limits of American Politics II. The Coming of the Farmers Alliance III. The Emergence of Alliance Radicalism IV. The Rise of Western Insurgency 2. To Build the Cooperative Commonwealth V. The Cooperative Crusade VI. Toward, the Sub-Treasury System and a National Farmer-Labor Coalition VII. The First Political Breakthrough VIII. Severing the Bonds of The Fathers: The Politics of the Sub-Treasury IX. The High Tide of Alliance Radicalism: Formation of the People’s Party Part Two: The Tide Reciding 3. The Tasks of A Party of the People X. The Populist Approach to Black America XI. An Unresolved Strategy: The People’s Party as a National Institution XII. The Reform Editors and the Language of Populism XIII. A Shadow Movement Finds Its Spokesmen 4. The Triumph of American Finance Capitalism XIV. The Last Agrarian Crusade: The Movement vs. the Silver Lobby XV. A Cross of Silver XVI. The Collapse of Populist Morale XVII. The Irony of Populism Afterword Appendix A. Origins and Legacy of a Culturally Inadmissible Idea: The Sub-Treasury Land and Loan System Appendix B. An Economic Appraisal of the Sub-Treasury Plan Appendix C. The Northwestern Farmers Alliance: Opponent of Populism Appendix D. Ideological Origins of the Omaha Platform Appendix E. A Kansas Proclamation: “The Tramp Circular” A Critical Essay on Authorities Notes Acknowledgments Index