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Autore |
Beeby James M. <1969-> |
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Revolt of the Tar Heels [[electronic resource] ] : the North Carolina populist movement, 1890-1901 / / James M. Beeby |
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Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-48483-4 |
9786612484834 |
1-60473-324-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (293 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Populism - North Carolina - History |
Racism - North Carolina - History |
Electronic books. |
North Carolina Politics and government 1865-1950 |
North Carolina History 1865- |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 250-275) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
CHAPTER SIX. The Battle Won but the War Lost: Free Silver, Cooperation Blues, and the Unraveling of the People's Party in 1896 CHAPTER SEVEN. Bossism, Factionalism, and Turmoil: The Disintegration of Populist and Republican Rule in 1897; CHAPTER EIGHT. The Chickens Come Home to Roost: The White Supremacy Campaign in North Carolina; CHAPTER NINE. The Death of Liberty and the People's Party in North Carolina, 1899-1901; EPILOGUE; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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During the 1890's, North Carolina witnessed a political revolution as |
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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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