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Hunt James L (James Logan), <1959->
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Titolo: |
Marion Butler and American populism [[electronic resource] /] / James L. Hunt
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Pubblicazione: | Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (354 p.) |
Disciplina: | 324.27327092 |
328.73/092 B | |
Soggetto topico: | Legislators - United States |
Politicians - North Carolina | |
Populism - North Carolina - History | |
Soggetto geografico: | North Carolina Politics and government 1865-1950 |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. A Foundation for Leadership; 2. An Alliance Education; 3. The Crisis of Alliance Politics; 4. The Beginning of Populist Politics; 5. A Political Revolution; 6. Silver and the Senate; 7. Preparing for a New Order; 8. Populist Pinnacle; 9. Factional Politics; 10. The Narrowing of Reform; 11. A Prelude to Disfranchisement; 12. The End of the People's Party; 13. Progressive Era Hopes and Disappointments; 14. The Failure of Republican Progressivism; 15. Fading Memories; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Sommario/riassunto: | Exploring the life and leadership of Populist Marion Butler (1863-1938), James Hunt offers new insight into the challenges of American reform politics. The son of North Carolina farmers and a graduate of the University of North Carolina, Butler displayed an early proclivity for agrarian reform. By age twenty-eight he led the Farmers' Alliance of North Carolina; two years later he was elected president of the national Alliance. Butler served in the U.S. Senate as a Populist from 1895 to 1901 and was chairman of the national Populist Party during the critical presidential elections of 18 |
Titolo autorizzato: | Marion Butler and American populism ![]() |
ISBN: | 979-88-908677-2-8 |
0-8078-6250-9 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910780367903321 |
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