Roots of reform : farmers, workers, and the American state, 1877-1917

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Title:

Roots of reform : farmers, workers, and the American state, 1877-1917

Author:

Sanders, M. Elizabeth, 1943-

Personal Author:

Sanders, M. Elizabeth, 1943-

Publication Information:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [1999]

Physical Description:

x, 532 pages : maps ; 23 cm.

Series:

American politics and political economy

American politics and political economy.

Language:

English

Contents:

Introduction -- Political economy -- Core and periphery in the American economy -- Labor organizations and the state, 1873-1912 -- Farmers in politics, 1873-1896 -- Agrarian politics and parties after 1896 -- Agrarian statist agenda -- Transportation system -- Trade, taxation, banking, and credit -- Antitrust and the structure of the marketing network -- Federal aid for practical education: farmers first -- Labor program of the Farmers' Party -- Farmers, workers, and the administrative state -- Conclusion.

Subject Term:

Lobbying -- United States -- History.

Pressure groups -- United States -- History.

Farmers -- United States -- Political activity -- History.

Working class -- United States -- Political activity -- History.

Social movements -- United States -- History.

Populism -- United States -- History.

Progressivism (United States politics) -- History.

Geographic Term:

United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1933.

ISBN:

9780226734767