02593cam a2200301 4500 759877930 TxAuBib 20220224120000.0 190827s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2019941027 9780300100976 hbk. 0300100973 hbk. (OCoLC)1112902900 YDX eng rda YDX YUS OCLCO OCLCF IMF YDXIT OCLCO ERASA NYP BKL COV TxGR TxAuBib Cantrell, Gregg, author. People's Revolt [Book] : Texas Populists and the roots of American liberalism / Gregg Cantrell. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020] xvi, 555 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (pages 513-533) and index. Introduction : On liberalism and populism -- The roots of Texas populism -- The birth of the People's Party and the electtion of 1892 -- Ideology and policy -- The religious world of Texas Populists -- Black Texans and the People's Party -- The election of 1894 -- Women, Gender, and populism -- Legislating populism -- The problem of the border -- The election of 1896 -- The collapse of Texas populism -- Conclusion : Toward liberalism. In the years after the Civil War, the banks, railroads, and industrial corporations of Gilded-Age America, abetted by a corrupt political system, concentrated vast wealth in the hands of the few and made poverty the fate of many. In response, a group of hard-pressed farmers and laborers from Texas organized a movement for economic justice called the Texas People's Party-the original Populists. Arguing that these Texas Populists were among the first to elaborate the set of ideas that would eventually become known as modern liberalism, Gregg Cantrell shows how the group broke new ground in reaching out to African Americans and Mexican Americans, rethinking traditional gender roles, and demanding creative solutions and forceful government intervention to solve economic inequality. While their political movement ultimately failed, this volume reveals how the ideas of the Texas People's Party have shaped American political history. 20220224. People's Party (Tex.) Populism Texas History 19th century. Texas Politics and government 1865-1950. Texas History 1846-1950. RV8