A Common Humanity.A Common Humanity O. Gene Clanton Sunflower University Press 1531 Yuma, PO Box 1009, Manhattan, KS 66505-1009 0897452763 $24.95 1-800-258-1232 www.sunflower-univ-press.org Written by retired Washington State University Washington State University, at Pullman; land-grant and state supported; chartered 1890, opened 1892 as an agriculture college. From 1905 to 1959 it was the State College of Washington. history professor O. Gene Clanton, A Common Humanity: Kansas Populism populism Political program or movement that champions the common person, usually by favourable contrast with an elite. Populism usually combines elements of the left and right, opposing large business and financial interests but also frequently being hostile to established and the Battle for Justice and Equality 1854-1903 is a studious stu·di·ous adj. 1. a. Given to diligent study: a quiet, studious child. b. Conducive to study. 2. look at the populist movement Populist Movement Coalition of U.S. agrarian reformers in the Midwest and South in the 1890s. The movement developed from farmers' alliances formed in the 1880s in reaction to falling crop prices and poor credit facilities. and its goals in Kansas during the latter half of the 19th century, including the struggle to uphold democratic ideals, institute progressive reforms, and champion the farmors and laborers. Especially discussing the sharp contrast between the producer class ideology and causes championed by populists, which were dramatically different enough to cause the former to cast the latter as "retrogressive ret·ro·gress intr.v. ret·ro·gressed, ret·ro·gress·ing, ret·ro·gress·es 1. To return to an earlier, inferior, or less complex condition. 2. To go or move backward. ", A Common Humanity is a welcome contribution to American and Kansas political studies shelves. An extensively researched focus upon a Kansas political movement, yet written in terms accessible to general readers. |
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