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Mar. 1 | 2012 Franklin Prize
Nominations for 2012 John Hope Franklin Publication Prize for the best-published book in American Studies due
Mar. 1 | 2012 Romero Prize
Nominations for 2012 Lora Romero Publication Prize for the best-published first book in American Studies due
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Beeby, James M. "Revolt of the Tar Heelers: A Socio-Political History of the North Carolina Populist Party, 1892-1901," American Culture Studies, Bowling Green State University, August 1999.
This study analyzes the formation of the Populist party in North Carolina in 1892, how the party maintained its organization after its defeat, developed cooperative links with the Republicans in 1894, and declined after a demoralizing internecine struggle over leadership and fierce debates over election strategy in 1896 and 1897. Rejecting the arguments that Tar Heel Populists were more conservative than their southern counterparts, this study analyzes the reform legislation passed by fusionists, and the Populists’ attitudes of race and southern society. Finally, this study explicated the Populist reaction to the Democrats’ white supremacy campaign of 1898 and disfranchisement election of 1900. Eschewing a top down approach, this study focuses on the grassroots activism of the rank-and-file of the party and their relationship with the party’s leadership. Utilizing new sources, this study argues that the populist revolt in North Carolina was as much a political rebellion against the machine rule of the Bourbon Democrats as an economic insurgency of disaffected farmers during a depression.
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