Prairie Populism: The Fate of Agrarian Radicalism in Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa, 1880-1892

by Jeffrey Ostler

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The Plains states in the late 1800s flung open their political doors to the Populist party while their fellow midwestern neighbors to the east left it standing on the porch. Why the contrasting receptions? Traditionally the disparity has been attributed solely to economic differences. A superficially logical answer, says Jeffrey Ostler, but too simple.

Ostler contends that the distinction historians have made between "hardship" on the Plains...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0700606068

ISBN13:9780700606061

Release Date:October 1993

Publisher:University Press of Kansas

Length:272 Pages

Weight:1.40 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.9" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Business & Investing Elections & Political Process Government History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Popular Economics State State & Local

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