The populist vision /

Introduction: Modern Times. Part One: Farmers. 1. Push and Energy: Boosterism and Rural Reform. 2. Knowledge and Power: Machinery of Modern Education. 3. A Better Woman: Independence of Thought and Action. 4. A Farmers' Trust: Cooperative Economies of Scale. Part Two: Populists. 5. Business Pol...

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Main Author: Postel, Charles
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Series:OUP E-Books.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Modern times
  • I: Farmers
  • Push and energy : boosterism and rural reform
  • Knowledge and power : machinery of modern education
  • A better woman : independence of thought and action
  • A farmers' trust : cooperative economies of scale
  • II: Populists
  • Business politics : state models and political frameworks
  • Race progress : shaping a new racial order
  • Confederation : urban, labor, and nonconformist reform
  • Shrine of science : innovation in populist faith
  • Conclusion : populist defeat and its meaning.