The Roots of Southern Populism - Yeoman Farmers And Transformation of Georgia Upcountry, 1850 1890

Klappentext Despite the vast changes in plantation agriculture following the Civil War and Reconstruction, the lot of small farmers was little improved. Examining the nonplantation region of upcountry Georgia as a microcosm of the South, Steven Hahn showed how farmers were buffeted by such forces as theunravelling of antebellum household economy, the development of market forces, the growth of a new class of merchants-landlords, and rising tensions between town and countryside--and how their resentments fueld the Populist movement at the end of the 19th century. For this updated edition, Hahnwill add new material to discuss how the book has stood up since it was published over twenty years ago, how the arguments and questions were received, and what influence they may have had on scholarship. He will also consider what has happened to historical interest in Populism, poor white peopleand populist politics, as well as why he thinks it likely that interest may revive and what sort of questions and arguments may drive it. Zusammenfassung A reissue with a new foreword of an enduring work onthe Southern economy and politics.

Product details

• Authors: Steven Hahn, Steven (Roy F. and Jeannette P. Nichols Professor of History Hahn, Hahn Steven
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.05.2006
• EAN: 9780195306705
• ISBN: 978-0-19-530670-5
• No. of pages: 354
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Georgia, HISTORY / Africa / General, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, African History, History of the Americas, Georgia (US State)