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The Populist Moment: A Short History of the Agrarian Revolt in America

by Lawrence Goodwyn · 1978

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This condensed version of Lawrence Goodwyn's Democratic Promise, the highly-acclaimed study on American Populism which the Civil Liberties Reviewcalled "a brilliant, comprehensive study," offers new political language designed to provide a fresh means of assessing both democracy and authoritarianism today.

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