02621nam 2200577 450 991078748200332120200520144314.00-8131-8577-70-8131-6200-9(CKB)3710000000334511(EBL)1915715(SSID)ssj0001435954(PQKBManifestationID)11882251(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001435954(PQKBWorkID)11434359(PQKB)10240016(OCoLC)897512872(MdBmJHUP)muse44232(Au-PeEL)EBL1915715(CaPaEBR)ebr11007526(CaONFJC)MIL691438(OCoLC)900345117(MiAaPQ)EBC1915715(EXLCZ)99371000000033451120150128h19741974 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrPopulism and politics William Alfred Peffer and the People's Party /Peter H. ArgersingerLexington, Kentucky :The University Press of Kentucky,1974.©19741 online resource (352 p.)Includes index.1-322-60156-9 0-8131-5108-2 Bibliography: p. [312]-324.Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; ONE: Farmers and Politics; TWO: The People's Rebellion; THREE: The Partisans of Politics; FOUR: The National Crusade; FIVE: The Betrayal of the Promise; SIX: That Iridescent Dream; SEVEN: The Silver Panacea against Omaha Populism; EIGHT: Reaping the Whirlwind; NINE: The Reward of the Faithful; TEN: Populism and Politics; Essay on Sources; Index;This study focuses attention of the People's party which existed for a short time in the 1890's. Despite its brief existence the party and the movement that brought it into being had a lasting effect on American politics and society. Populism originally developed outside the political system because the system had proved incapable of responding to real needs. As the movement was transformed into the People's party, however, much of its responsive nature was lost. The People's party became subject to the same influences that guided the old parties and it became more concerned with winning officePopulismUnited StatesHistoryPopulismHistory.324.278127Argersinger Peter H.1470317MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787482003321Populism and politics3682066UNINA