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1 online resource (x, 280 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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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 |
| Summary |
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 Populists and their coalition partners took power at all levels in the only southern state where Populists gained statewide office. For a brief four years, the Populists and Republicans gave an object lesson in progressive politics in which whites and African Americans worked together for the better |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-275) and index |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Populist Party (N.C.) -- History
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Populist Party (N.C.) fast |
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Populism -- North Carolina -- History
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Racism -- North Carolina -- History
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Parties.
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HISTORY -- United States -- 19th Century.
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Politics and government
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Populism
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Racism
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North Carolina -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85092498
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North Carolina -- History -- 1865- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85092492
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North Carolina
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North Carolina
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Electronic book
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781604733242 |
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1604733241 |
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9781282485747 |
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1282485741 |
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9786612485749 |
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6612485744 |
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1282484834 |
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9781282484832 |
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9786612484834 |
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6612484837 |
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