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Author
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
For the People offers a new interpretation of populist political movements from the Revolution to the eve of the Civil War and roots them in the disconnect between the theory of rule by the people and the reality of rule by elected representatives. Ron Formisano seeks to rescue populist movements from the distortions of contemporary opponents as well as the misunderstandings of later historians.From the Anti-Federalists to the Know-Nothings, Formisano...
10) Progressivism
Author
Publisher
Chelsea House
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Alphabetic entries discuss key themes, events and people of the Progressive era and how its reforms affected and changed the United States.
Author
Publisher
McFarland & Company
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Artists have often provided the earliest demonstrations of conscience and ethical examination in response to political events. The political shifts that took place in the 1960s were addressed by a revival of folk music as an expression of protest, hope and the courage to imagine a better world. This work explores the relationship between the cultural and political ideologies of the 1960s and the growing folk music movement, with a focus on musicians...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Some of the most important issues of our time were no less important 100 years ago. America in 1919, at the close of World War I, was shaken from the events of large-scale warfare, fearing a Communist takeover, and facing an incredible amount of social and political change. From Prohibition to women's suffrage, the labor strikes to the violence of the Red Summer and the Red Scare, this book explores each major movement of 1919. Showing how these...
Publisher
Passion River Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"This documentary reveals how biologically determined politics has disenfranchised women and people of color, provided a rationale for state sanctioned crimes committed against America's most vulnerable citizens, and now gains new traction under the Trump administration. A radical reassessment of the meaning, use and misuse of gene science. Like no other film before it, this documentary brings to light how false scientific claims have rolled back...
Author
Series
Publisher
Metropolitan Books
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Adapted from the critically acclaimed chronicle of U.S. history, a study of American expansionism around the world is told from a grassroots perspective and provides an analysis of important events from Wounded Knee to Iraq.
