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Author Formisano, Ronald P., 1939-

Title For the people : American populist movements from the Revolution to the 1850s / Ronald P. Formisano.

Imprint Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2008.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  973.3 F767f 2008    ---  Available
Description viii, 315 p. ; 25 cm.
Note "A Caravan book"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-298) and index.
Contents Introduction: populisms, progressive and reactionary -- The American Revolution and the anti-federalist legacy -- The taming of the American Revolution -- The rise of new social movements -- Anti-masonry: a new kind of populist movement -- Anti-masonry: progressive and reactionary -- Anti-masonry, the parties, and the changing public sphere -- Two "Wars" of the 1840s -- Epilogue and prologue: the Know-Nothings.
Subject United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865.
Populism -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
Populism -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Social movements -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
Social movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- Social conditions -- To 1865.
Political culture -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
Political culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Anti-Masonic movements -- United States -- History.
ISBN 9780807831724 (cloth : alk. paper)
0807831727 (cloth : alk. paper)

 
    
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