{"product_id":"the-populist-persuasion-9781501714535","title":"The Populist Persuasion","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA perceptive and passionately liberal book. Beginning with the antislavery crusade of the 1840s, Kazin skillfully surveys more than a century of mass protests, using imagery and symbolism as his guides.\u003c\/p\u003e * New York times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eKazin shows populism’s canny ability to mix homespun rhetoric and political savvy. The book explains something very important in American life with scrupulous fairness and a keen eye for the humanizing detail. It is as good a road map as we have to the politics of the people who work hard and play by the rules.\u003c\/p\u003e * Wall Street Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe important questions raised by the success of the populist right in the United States are illuminated in Kazin's splendid and timely book.\u003c\/p\u003e * The Nation *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eKazin does an admirable job of tracing the transformations of the populist \"persuasion,\" ending with its recent \"capture\" by the Right. Earlier populism—especially the People's party of the 1890s—was identified with the Left, concerned to limit economic inequality, committed to the rights of workers as producers, and inclined to regard political society as a moral community, to be judged by essentially religious standards.\u003c\/p\u003e * Commonweal *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his new book, Michael Kazin provides a rich and thoughtful account of the evolution of populist rhetoric on the left and the right in American politics in the past century.\u003c\/p\u003e * The New Republic *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Kazin introduces\u003ci\u003e The Populist Persuasion \u003c\/i\u003ewith a forthright acknowledgment of the decline of the American left.... Attractively open-minded. If more minds were open, fewer of them would be boggled.\u003c\/p\u003e * Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFelicitously written, densely researched, and sprinkled with astute observations, \u003ci\u003eThe Populist Persuasion\u003c\/i\u003e also displays a knack for locating political and intellectual contradictions.\u003c\/p\u003e * The Historian *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Populist Persuasion\u003c\/i\u003e is provocative on individual moments and advocates and provides a rich source of information in both text and notes about populism's many expressions. This well-researched and lucidly written book provides a compendium of significant cases for teachers and scholars and suggestions for future research.\u003c\/p\u003e * Quarterly Journal of Speech *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book, Kazin provides a significant historical view of a complex phenomenon that has had a profound impact on American life. He deserves credit for enlarging the panorama and furnishing a fresh outlook on a significant aspect of American history.\u003c\/p\u003e * The Annals of the American Academy *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eKazin has produced an extremely stimulating and suggestive book. His analysis of the development of American political rhetoric during the past century is consistently lucid, incisive, and compelling.\u003c\/p\u003e * History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Speaking for the People\u003cbr\u003e1. Inheritance\u003cbr\u003e2. The Righteous Commonwealth of the Late Nineteenth Century\u003cbr\u003e3. Workers as Citizens: Labor and the Left in the Gompers Era\u003cbr\u003e4. Onward, Christian Mothers and Soldiers: The Prohibitionist Crusade\u003cbr\u003e5. Social Justice and Social Paranoia: The Catholic Populism of Father Coughlin\u003cbr\u003e6. The Many and the Few: The CIO and the Embrace of Liberalism\u003cbr\u003e7. A Free People Fight Back: The Rise and Fall of the Cold War Right\u003cbr\u003e8. Power to Which People? The Tragedy of the White New Left\u003cbr\u003e9. Stand Up for the Working Man: George Wallace and the Making of a New Right\u003cbr\u003e10. The Conservative Capture: From Nixon to Reagan\u003cbr\u003e11. Spinning the People\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: A Language We Need?A Note on Method\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eFurther Reading\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409327104343,"sku":"9781501714535","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-populist-persuasion-9781501714535","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}