<p>Catherine McNicol Stock traces the lineage of extremist white rural politics. She draws clear links between contemporary hate groups and a long tradition of rural political movements characterized by a fierce commitment to the rights of small landowners and family farmers, and by a culture of vigilantism. <i>Rural Radicals</i> is a wilde ride.</p>

Publishers Weekly

<p>A first-rate and highly accessible history of radicalism in rural America.</p>

Kirkus Reviews

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.
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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...
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Preface to the Paperback EditionPrefaceIntroduction1. The Politics of Producerism2. The Culture of Vigilantism3. Rural Radicals in Our TimeA Note on MethodA Note on SourcesNotesIndex

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781501714030
Publisert
2017
Utgiver
Vendor
Cornell University Press
Vekt
454 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
18 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

Om bidragsyterne

Catherine McNicol Stock is Barbara Zaccheo Kohn '72 Professor of History at Connecticut College. She is coeditor of The Countryside in the the Age of the Modern State, and the author of Main Street Crisis.