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Carregando... The Climax of Populism: The Election of 1896 (1965)de Robert Franklin Durden
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. 2259 The Climax of Populism: The Election of 1896, by Robert F. Durden (read 24 Dec 1989) This is a 1965 study by a Duke professor on the role of the Populist party in the presidential election of 1896. It was of considerable interest in that it made me aware of the difficulty Thomas E. Watson made in the campaign. The Populists nominated him for vice-president, and then had to try to get electors on the ballot who would vote for him. This was tricky, and they usually had fusion slates. Watson ended up getting 27 electoral votes for vice-president. Not too significant a book. ( ) sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
Rarely has a third political party in the United States exerted a force upon national events comparable to that of the Populists during the 1890's. This force reached its climax in the presidential race of 1896, when the national reforms epitomized in the cry for free silver were at issue. Yet despite a number of recent studies, confusion and error regarding the Populists in the crucial election of 1896 still persist.Robert F. Durden, by extensive use of the papers of Marion Butler, Populist senator from North Carolina and national chairman of the party during the campaign, sheds new light upon Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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