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Revolt of the Tar Heels : the North Carolina populist movement, 1890-1901 /

During the 1890s, North Carolina witnessed a political revolution as the newly formed Populist Party joined with the Republicans to throw out do-nothing, conservative Democrats. Focusing on political transformation, electoral reform, and new economic policies to aid poor and struggling farmers, the...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Beeby, James M., 1969-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, Ã2008.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE. The Alliance Brotherhood: The Origins of the Populist Party in North Carolina; CHAPTER TWO. "We have put our hands on the plow and we will not look back": The People's Party and the Election of 1892; CHAPTER THREE. The People's Party Triumphant: The Politics of Cooperation in 1894; CHAPTER FOUR. "Equal Rights to All and Special Privileges to None": Grassroots Populism in North Carolina; CHAPTER FIVE. "Ever true to the people's cause, true to country, true to home": The Cooperationist Legislature of 1895.