| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Prologue -- Birth -- Expansion -- Opposition -- Power -- Reverses -- Legacies -- Epilogue |
| Summary |
In 1915, western farmers mounted one of the most significant challenges to party politics America has seen: the Nonpartisan League, which sought to empower citizens and restrain corporate influence. Before its collapse in the 1920s, the League counted over 250,000 paying members, spread to 13 states and two Canadian provinces, controlled North Dakota's state government, and birthed new farmer-labour alliances. Yet today it is all but forgotten, neglected even by scholars. Michael J. Lansing aims to change that. 'Insurgent Democracy' offers a new look at the Nonpartisan League and a new way to understand its rise and fall in the United States and Canada. Lansing argues that, rather than a spasm of populist rage that inevitably burned itself out, the story of the League is in fact an instructive example of how popular movements can create lasting change |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
National Nonpartisan League -- History
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| SUBJECT |
National Nonpartisan League fast |
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Insurgency -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Social movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Farmers -- Political activity -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Elections.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General.
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Farmers -- Political activity
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Insurgency
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Social movements
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2014049399 |
| ISBN |
9780226283647 |
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022628364X |
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