{"product_id":"populist-revolt-john-d-hicks-9780816660087","title":"Populist Revolt: A History of the Farmers' Alliance and the People's Party","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePopulist Revolt\u003c\/i\u003e was first published in 1931. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen \u003ci\u003eThe Populist Revolt\u003c\/i\u003e was originally published, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e critic called it \"far and away the best account of populism that we have-and one not likely to be replaced.\" That prophecy proved right; the book has not been replaced, and historians and critics agree that it is the definitive work on its subject. Now it is made available once more, after being out of print for some time.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is a history of the Farmers' Alliance and the People's Party, under whose banners a great crusade for farm relief was waged in the 1880's and 1890's. As important as the chronicle of the political movement itself is the detailed picture which Professor Hicks gives of the conditions which set the stage for this agrarian revolt. He describes the inequities and malpractices which beset both the new settlers of the West and the poverty-ridden whites and Negroes of the South following the Civil War.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe story of Populism itself is a lively one, people with such picturesque leaders as \"Pitchfork\" Ben Tillman of South Carolina, \"Sockless\" Jerry Simpson and Mary Elizabeth Lease-the \"Patrick Henry in petticoats\"-of Kansas, \"Bloody Bridles\" Waite of Colorado, Thomas E. Watson of Georgia, Dr. C. W. Macune of Texas, James B. Weaver of Iowa, and Ignatius Donnelly of Minnesota.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn these pages, Professor Hicks has, as Frederic L. Paxson pointed out, \"presented the case for Populism better than the Populists themselves could do it.\" Henry Steele Commanger calls the book a \"thorough, scholarly, sympathetic and spirited history of the entire Populist movement.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John D. Hicks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816660085\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816660087\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1931\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 487\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.98d","brand":"John D. Hicks","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48065185087743,"sku":"9780816660087","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9faee7be-72cc-444e-b4fa-bda2f677b9c9.jpg?v=1768673554","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/populist-revolt-john-d-hicks-9780816660087","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}