{"product_id":"populism-and-imperialism-nathan-jessen-9780700624645","title":"Populism and Imperialism: Politics, Culture, and Foreign Policy in the American West, 1890-1900","description":"In the final years of the nineteenth century, as a large-scale movement of farmers and laborers swept much the country, the United States engaged in an ostensibly anti-colonial war against Spain and a colonial war of its own in the Philippines. How one related to the other--the nature of the activists' involvement in foreign policy debates and the influence of these wars upon the prospects for domestic reform--is what Nathan Jessen explores in \u003ci\u003ePopulism and Imperialism\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmerican reformers at the turn of the twentieth century have long been misrepresented as accomplices of empire. Rather, as \u003ci\u003ePopulism and Imperialism\u003c\/i\u003e makes clear, they were imperialism's chief opponents--and that opposition contributed to their ultimate defeat. Correcting the record, Jessen charts the fortunes of the Populists through the nineteenth century's last decade. He shows that, contrary to the standard narrative, Populists remained powerful in West after the election of 1896; they only suffered their final political reverses in 1900 after being branded as unpatriotic traitors by their opponents. In fact, the Populists and Democrats in the West favored war with Spain for humanitarian reasons; some among them led the opposition to Hawaiian annexation and--as leaders of the anti-imperialists in Congress from 1899 on--the occupation of the Philippines. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJessen also addresses the little-studied \"money power\" conspiracy theory that explains a key element of the Populist worldview. This theory, linking European imperialism and the growing economic and political power of financiers, stirred Populist opposition to American imperialism as well. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePopulism and Imperialism\u003c\/i\u003e revises a critical chapter in US history and offers lessons for the present as well as insights into the nation's past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nathan Jessen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0700624643\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780700624645\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Kansas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/21\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.40w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2018","brand":"Nathan Jessen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44056897782015,"sku":"9780700624645","price":54.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6e94b428-b355-4c0c-82eb-ee5689880c1e.jpg?v=1685043874","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/populism-and-imperialism-nathan-jessen-9780700624645","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}