Format:
1 online resource (268 pages)
ISBN:
9780190090517
Content:
Offering a fresh take on the origins of electoral populism, The Making of the Populist Movement provides an in-depth look at how the decisions that defined the political and economic geography of the American West during the late 19th century contributed to the rise of one of the most significant third-party movements in American political history. Combining traditional forms of historical inquiry with network analysis and statistics, Adam Slez contributes to our understanding of political action by explicitly linking the evolution of the political field to the transformation of physical space through concerted action on the part of elites.
Content:
Cover -- The Making of the Populist Movement: State, Market, and Party on the Western Frontier -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- 1: Introduction -- 1.1 The Struggle to Understand Populism -- 1.2 The Populist Moment in American History -- 1.2.1 Popular Mobilization and Party Formation -- 1.2.2 Producerist Rhetoric and the Populist Platform -- 1.3 Explaining Populist Mobilization -- 1.3.1 Organizations, Institutions, and Fields -- 1.4 Populism and the Political Field -- 1.4.1 State and Market on the Western Frontier -- 1.5 Case Selection and Outline -- 1.5.1 Outline -- PART I: THE EXPANSION OF STATE AND MARKET -- 2: Divide and Conquer -- 2.1 The Organization of Political Space -- 2.1.1 Bounding South Dakota -- 2.2 The Minnesota Prelude -- 2.2.1 The St. Croix Separatist Movement -- 2.2.2 From Territory to State -- 2.3 Development and Division in Dakota Territory -- 2.3.1 Pembina and the Origins of Dakota Separatism -- 2.3.2 The Black Hills and the Territory of Lincoln -- 2.3.3 The Southern Response -- 3: Making Markets -- 3.1 Railroads and the Construction of the Western Market -- 3.1.1 Townsite Activity -- 3.1.2 Grain Elevators -- 3.2 The Market Network -- 3.2.1 Lines, Bridges, and Components -- 3.3 The Duality of Towns and Owners -- 3.3.1 Connectivity and Competition -- PART II: THE RESPONSE -- 4: Getting Organized -- 4.1 The Alliance Movement in Southern Dakota -- 4.1.1 Alliance Newspapers -- 4.1.2 Cooperative Business Enterprises -- 4.2 The Life of a Local Alliance -- 4.2.1 Rondell and the Politics of Settlement -- 4.2.2 Alliance Activities -- 4.3 Organizing the East River Region -- 4.3.1 The Correlates of Mobilization -- 5: Getting Thwarted -- 5.1 The Diffusion of Regulatory Innovation -- 5.1.1 The Railroad Commission in Southern Dakota -- 5.2 Regulating Rates -- 5.2.1 The Problem of Discrimination.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780190090500
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780190090500
Language:
English
Keywords:
USA
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South Dakota
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Politik
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Partei
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Wahl
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Populismus
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Wahlverhalten
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Geschichte
