03559nam 2200745 a 450 991082276160332120230207225527.00-8078-8610-61-4696-0381-00-8078-8611-4(CKB)1000000000487670(EBL)354268(OCoLC)476176224(SSID)ssj0000156761(PQKBManifestationID)11162755(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000156761(PQKBWorkID)10124380(PQKB)11502234(MiAaPQ)EBC354268(OCoLC)966821213(MdBmJHUP)muse48364(Au-PeEL)EBL354268(CaPaEBR)ebr10273428(EXLCZ)99100000000048767020070710d2008 ub 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrFor the people American populist movements from the Revolution to the 1850s /Ronald P. FormisanoChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20081 online resource (326 p.)"A Caravan book"--T.p. verso.0-8078-7262-8 0-8078-3172-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-298) and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Populisms, Progressive and Reactionary; 2 The American Revolution and the Anti-Federalist Legacy; 3 The Taming of the American Revolution; 4 The Rise of New Social Movements; 5 Anti-Masonry: A New Kind of Populist Movement; 6 Anti-Masonry: Progressive and Reactionary; 7 Anti-Masonry, the Parties, and the Changing Public Sphere; 8 Two "Wars" of the 1840's; 9 Epilogue and Prologue: The Know-Nothings; Notes; IndexFor the People offers a new interpretation of populist political movements from the Revolution to the eve of the Civil War and roots them in the disconnect between the theory of rule by the people and the reality of rule by elected representatives. Ron Formisano seeks to rescue populist movements from the distortions of contemporary opponents as well as the misunderstandings of later historians. From the Anti-Federalists to the Know-Nothings, Formisano traces the movements chronologically, contextualizing them and demonstrating the progression of ideas and movements. Although....PopulismUnited StatesHistory18th centuryPopulismUnited StatesHistory19th centurySocial movementsUnited StatesHistory18th centurySocial movementsUnited StatesHistory19th centuryPolitical cultureUnited StatesHistory18th centuryPolitical cultureUnited StatesHistory19th centuryAnti-Masonic movementsUnited StatesHistoryUnited StatesPolitics and government1775-1783United StatesPolitics and government1783-1865CongressesUnited StatesSocial conditionsTo 1865PopulismHistoryPopulismHistorySocial movementsHistorySocial movementsHistoryPolitical cultureHistoryPolitical cultureHistoryAnti-Masonic movementsHistory.973.3Formisano Ronald P.1939-1634438MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822761603321For the people3974660UNINA