Rural Radicals
Righteous Rage in the American Grain
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, History & Theory, History, Americas, United States, 20th Century
| Author: | Catherine McNicol Stock | ISBN: | 9781501714054 |
| Publisher: | Cornell University Press | Publication: | October 15, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Cornell University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Catherine McNicol Stock |
| ISBN: | 9781501714054 |
| Publisher: | Cornell University Press |
| Publication: | October 15, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Cornell University Press |
| Language: | English |
Through its history, populism has meant hope and progress, as well as hate and a desire to turn back the clock on American history. In her new preface, Catherine McNicol Stock provides an update and overview of the conservative face of rural America. She paints a comprehensive portrait of a long line of rural activists whose crusades against big government, bug business, and big banks sometimes spoke in a language of progressive populism and sometimes in a language of hate and bigotry. Rural Radicals breaks down the populism expressed by activists, confronts our conventional notions of right and left, and allows us to understand political factionalism differently.
Through its history, populism has meant hope and progress, as well as hate and a desire to turn back the clock on American history. In her new preface, Catherine McNicol Stock provides an update and overview of the conservative face of rural America. She paints a comprehensive portrait of a long line of rural activists whose crusades against big government, bug business, and big banks sometimes spoke in a language of progressive populism and sometimes in a language of hate and bigotry. Rural Radicals breaks down the populism expressed by activists, confronts our conventional notions of right and left, and allows us to understand political factionalism differently.
