The People's Revolt: Texas Populists and the Roots of American Liberalism

An engaging and meticulously researched history of Texas Populism and its contributions to modern American 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—th...