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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817730303321

Autore

Hackney Sheldon <1933-2013>

Titolo

Populism to progressivism in Alabama / / Sheldon Hackney

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, Ala., : University of Alabama Press, c2009

ISBN

0-8173-8532-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (407 p.)

Collana

Library of Alabama classics

Disciplina

976.1/06

Soggetti

Alabama Politics and government 1865-1950

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1969.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgment; Introduction; 1. Who Were the Populists?; 2. Race or Reason?; 3. Neither Revolution Nor Reform; 4. The Populist Mentality; 5. Fusion and Confusion; 6. What Happened to the Populists?; 7. The Progressive Alternative; 8. The Movement for Disfranchisement; 9. The Negro and Disfranchisement; 10. Politics in the Convention; 11. Progressivism Finds a Formula; 12. The Election of 1906; 13. The Comer Administration; 14. The Crocheted Design; Appendices; I. Negro Percent of Total Male Voting Age Population, Alabama, 1900

II. Pearson Product Moment Coefficients of Correlation Among Political and Social Indicators, All 66 Alabama CountiesII. Pearson Product Moment Coefficients of Correlation Among Political and Social Indicators, 30 Alabama Counties Outside the Black Belt with No Significant Urban Population; II. Some Political and Ecological Correlations; III. The Pattern of Populism: The Alabama House of Representatives, 1894; IV. The Results of Elections of April 23, 1901 Calling the Constitutional Convention, and of November 11, 1901 Ratifying the New Constitution

V. Home Counties of Convention Delegates of 1901 Indicating Membership in Political PatternVI. Method; VII. The Percent of Agreement of Each Delegate with the Majority of Each Group and with the Majority of the Convention on 133 Roll Calls; VIII. The Proportion of Voting Delegates of Each Group Who Voted Yes on Each of the 133 Roll Calls; Notes on Sources; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Library of Alabama Classics Winner of the Albert J. Beveridge Award of



the American Historical Association "In this excellent study of Alabama politics, Hackney deftly analyzes the leadership, following, and essential character of Populism and Progressivism during the period from 1890 to 1910. The work is exceptionally well written; it deals with the personal, social, and political intricacies involved; and it combines traditional and quantitative techniques with a clarity and imagination that should serve as a spur and a model for many future studies." - Annals of th