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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822266503321

Autore

Hahn Steven <1951->

Titolo

The roots of Southern populism : yeoman farmers and the transformation of the Georgia Upcountry, 1850-1890 / / Steven Hahn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, USA, 1985

ISBN

1-280-53319-6

9786610533190

0-19-802043-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 354 pages) : maps

Disciplina

322.440975809034

975.8/041

Soggetti

Populism - History - 19th century - Georgia

Cotton trade - Georgia - History - 19th century

Georgia Politics and government 1775-1865

Georgia Politics and government 1865-1950

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography (p. 311-327) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Maps; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; PART ONE: ""THE POOR MAN'S BEST GOVERNMENT""; 1. ""Society in the up Country""; 2. Bounds of Custom; 3. The Politics of Independence; PART TWO: THE VORTEX OF THE COTTON ECONOMY; 4. The Transformation of the Countryside; 5. Merchants, Farmers, and the Marketplace; 6. Power and Politics; 7. Common Right and Commonwealth; Epilogue: The Contours of Populism; Appendix: Statistical Methods and Tables; Essay on Sources; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this examination of the rise of agrarian radicalism in the late 19th-century South, Hahn focuses on social change and popular consciousness while exploring populism's kinship with other movements such as labour radicalism.