For the people : American populist movements from the Revolution to the 1850s

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

From the Anti-Federalists to the Know-Nothings, Formisano traces populist political movements in the U.S. chronologically from the Revolution to the Civil War, contextualizing them and demonstrating the progression of ideas and movements. Although American populist movements have typically been cate...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Formisano, Ronald P., 1939-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2008.
Series:Caravan Book.
Subjects:
To 1899
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.
Political culture > United States > History > 18th century.
Political culture > United States > History > 19th century.
Anti-Masonic movements > United States > History.
HISTORY.
HISTORY > United States > Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
Anti-Masonic movements
Political culture
Politics and government
Populism
Social conditions
Social movements
United States > Politics and government > 1775-1783.
United States > Politics and government > 1783-1865 > Congress.
United States > Social conditions > To 1865.
United States
History
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Table of 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.

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