Book contents
- Movements and Parties
- Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics
- Movements and Parties
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- Figures
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Movements and Parties in Contentious Politics
- Part I The “Party Period”
- 2 Mass Politics in the Civil War Crucible
- 3 The Agrarian Revolt, Populism, and the Gilded Age Party System
- Part II The Transitional Period
- Part III Hollowing Parties in a Movement Society
- Part IV Contemporary Conjunctions
- Conclusions
- References
- Index
- Books in the Series (continued from p. ii)
2 - Mass Politics in the Civil War Crucible
from Part I - The “Party Period”
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 August 2021
Book contents
- Movements and Parties
- Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics
- Movements and Parties
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- Figures
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Movements and Parties in Contentious Politics
- Part I The “Party Period”
- 2 Mass Politics in the Civil War Crucible
- 3 The Agrarian Revolt, Populism, and the Gilded Age Party System
- Part II The Transitional Period
- Part III Hollowing Parties in a Movement Society
- Part IV Contemporary Conjunctions
- Conclusions
- References
- Index
- Books in the Series (continued from p. ii)
Summary
The late 19th century emerged in reaction to the exploitative crop-lien system in the South and West and developed using the tools oc ooperative marketing, purchasing, and production. The movement shfited into politicsl with the foundation of the Populist party and the election campaign of Williams Jenning Bryan, when the fusion failed and Populism disappeared as a political movement.
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- Movements and PartiesCritical Connections in American Political Development, pp. 29 - 49Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021