The populist persuasion :

Kazin, Michael, 1948-

The populist persuasion : an American history / Michael Kazin. - New York, NY : BasicBooks, c1995. - x, 381 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [358]-364) and index.

Introduction : Speaking for the people -- Inheritance -- The righteous commonwealth of the late nineteenth century -- Workers as citizens : labor and the Left in the Gompers era -- Onward, Christian mothers and soldiers : the prohibitionist crusade -- Social justice and social paranoia : the Catholic populism of Father Coughlin -- The many and the few : the CIO and the embrace of liberalism -- A free people fight back : the rise and fall of the Cold War Right -- Power to which people? : the tragedy of the white New Left -- Stand up for the working man : George Wallace and the making of a New Right -- The conservative capture : from Nixon to Reagan -- Conclusion : Populisms of decline.

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Populism--History.--United States


United States--Politics and government--1865-1933.
United States--Politics and government--20th century.

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