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Author
Pub. Date
1995
Physical Desc
x, 381 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In The Populist Persuasion, the distinguished historian Michael Kazin guides readers through the expressions of conflict between powerful elites and "the people" that have run through our civic life, filling it with discord and meaning from the birth of the United States until the present day. Kazin argues persuasively that the power of populism lies in its adaptable nature. Across the political spectrum, commentators paste the label on forces and...
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
374 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Politician, evangelist, and reformer William Jennings Bryan was the most popular public speaker of his time. In this acclaimed biography - the first major reconsideration of Bryan's life in forty years - historian Michael Kazin illuminates his astonishing career and the richly diverse and volatile landscape of religion and politics in which he rose to fame.
Kazin vividly recreates Bryan's tremendous appeal, showing how he won a passionate following...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition.
Physical Desc
xix, 378 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"The untold story of the movement that came close to keeping the United States out of the First World War. This book is about the Americans who tried to stop their nation from fighting in one of history's most destructive wars and then were hounded by the government when they refused to back down. In the riveting War Against War, Michael Kazin brings us into the ranks of the largest, most diverse, and most sophisticated peace coalition up to that...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 396 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A history of the Democratic Party from Andrew Jackson to Joe Biden"--
"A leading historian tells the story of the United States' most enduring political party and its long, imperfect and newly invigorated quest for 'moral capitalism,' from Andrew Jackson to Joseph Biden. The Democratic Party is the world's oldest mass political organization. Since its inception in the early nineteenth century, it has played a central role in defining American society,...
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xix, 329 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A panoramic history of liberal politics in America analyzes the impact of major movements throughout the past two centuries, from abolitionism and industrial-age labor disputes to the civil-rights movement and the emergence of alternative political groups.
