{"product_id":"for-the-people-american-populist-movements-from-the-revolution-to-the-1850s-paperback-softback-9780807872628","title":"For the People; American Populist Movements from the Revolution to the 1850s (Paperback \/ softback) 9780807872628","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFor the People\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAmerican Populist Movements from the Revolution to the 1850s\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRonald P. Formisano (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780807872628\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 August 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e328 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.3 x 15.4 x 2.2 cm, 0.48 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eFor the People\u003c\/i\u003e is the most important work in print on the sources and development of the people's unofficial national faith from the Revolution to the Civil War: populism. It is by turns brilliant and arresting. A must read.--Bruce Laurie, University of Massachusetts, Amherst|\"\"The American Revolution established the people's sovereignty as the fundamental principle of the new republic. Yet a direct claim to sovereignty was obscured and blunted by elite political power. Time and again in American history movements have risen to reassert that claim. Deeply grounded in decades of research and writing, Ronald Formisano's \u003ci\u003eFor the People\u003c\/i\u003e presents a foundational synthesis of the first epoch of these populist insurgencies between the Revolution and the Civil War. Reaffirming his long-held position as one of this country's most eminent political historians, Formisano presents a compelling interpretation of how populist movements moved from eighteenth-century modes of violent resistance to nineteenth-century engagement in electoral politics. \u003ci\u003eFor the People\u003c\/i\u003e will be required reading for a generation of historians, political scientists, and students of the American condition.\"\"--John L. Brooke, Ohio State University\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eFor the People\u003c\/i\u003e offers a new interpretation of populist political movements from the Revolution to the eve of the Civil War and roots them in the disconnect between the theory of rule by the people and the reality of rule by elected representatives. Ron Formisano seeks to rescue populist movements from the distortions of contemporary opponents as well as the misunderstandings of later historians.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the Anti-Federalists to the Know-Nothings, Formisano traces the movements chronologically, contextualizing them and demonstrating the progression of ideas and movements. Although American populist movements have typically been categorized as either progressive or reactionary, left-leaning or right-leaning, Formisano argues that most populist movements exhibit liberal and illiberal tendencies simultaneously. Gendered notions of \"\"manhood\"\" are an enduring feature, yet women have been intimately involved in nearly every populist insurgency. By considering these movements together, Formisano identifies commonalities that belie the pattern of historical polarization and bring populist movements from the margins to the core of American history.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u0026amp;lt\u003cbr\u003eb\u0026amp;gt\u003cbr\u003eContents\u0026amp;lt\u003cbr\u003e\/b\u0026amp;gt\u003cbr\u003e\u0026amp;lt\u003cbr\u003ep\u0026amp;gt\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments \u0026amp;lt\u003cbr\u003ebr\u0026amp;gt\u003cbr\u003e1 Introduction: Populisms, Progressive and Reactionary \u0026amp;lt\u003cbr\u003ebr\u0026amp;gt\u003cbr\u003e2 The American Revolution and the Anti-Federalist Legacy \u0026amp;lt\u003cbr\u003ebr\u0026amp;gt\u003cbr\u003e3 The Taming of the American Revolution \u0026amp;lt\u003cbr\u003ebr\u0026amp;gt\u003cbr\u003e4 The Rise of New Social Movements \u0026amp;lt\u003cbr\u003ebr\u0026amp;gt\u003cbr\u003e5 Anti-Masonry: A New Kind of Populist Movement \u0026amp;lt\u003cbr\u003ebr\u0026amp;gt\u003cbr\u003e6 Anti-Masonry: Progressive and Reactionary \u0026amp;lt\u003cbr\u003ebr\u0026amp;gt\u003cbr\u003e7 Anti-Masonry, the Parties, and the Changing Public Sphere \u0026amp;lt\u003cbr\u003ebr\u0026amp;gt\u003cbr\u003e8 Two \"\"Wars\"\" of the 1840s \u0026amp;lt\u003cbr\u003ebr\u0026amp;gt\u003cbr\u003e9 Epilogue and Prologue: The Know-Nothings\u0026amp;lt\u003cbr\u003ebr\u0026amp;gt\u003cbr\u003eNotes \u0026amp;lt\u003cbr\u003ebr\u0026amp;gt\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"The University of North Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52555641651480,"sku":"9780807872628","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/for-the-people-american-populist-movements-from-the-revolution-to-the-1850s-paperback-softback-9780807872628","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}